These malicious Android apps will only strike when you move your smartphone

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Apps containing the Anubis banking Trojan and an interesting motion sensor have been found in the Google Play store.

Malicious Android apps have been uncovered in the Google Play store which will only trigger when a smartphone moves, researchers say.

On Thursday, the cybersecurity team from Trend Micro said that the two apps in question were disguised as services that many of us would find useful, a currency converter and power saver.

The applications were named Currency Converter and BatterySaverMobi. In the latter case, the app received 4.5 stars from 73 reviewers and has been downloaded over 5,000 times, but the researchers believe these ratings may have been fraudulent.

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