{"id":837,"date":"2018-10-27T12:02:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T12:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.positivenewstrends.com\/?p=837"},"modified":"2019-04-11T09:00:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T09:00:57","slug":"apps-playing-truant-with-bot-traffic-to-earn-millions-google-play-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positivenewstrends.com\/news\/apps-playing-truant-with-bot-traffic-to-earn-millions-google-play-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Apps Playing Truant With Bot Traffic To Earn Millions \u2013 Play Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google Play Store is a premier global marketplace to distribute innovative apps and games. Its stringent developer policies make this online platform world\u2019s most trusted source for apps and games.<\/p>\n

Billions of Android and Windows users rely on\u00a0 Play Store to download any app or games.<\/p>\n

In the recent past,\u00a0 Play Store has faced an uphill battle to house several fraudulent apps in the play store. In spite of iron-fisted efforts undertaken by Google to keep fraudulent activities miles away, cunning app owners adopt deceptive tactics to set their foot into the Play store and worse, stay there.\"Android<\/p>\n

Digital frauds include phishing, crypto-jacking, Trojan, card skimming to name a few. However, the tactics adopted in this scam are completely new and involves great level of intelligence.<\/p>\n

Recent research reveals that this digital distribution service was targeted by cyber-criminals who used more than 125 established apps<\/strong> to track user behavior & mint money through ad views\/ clicks.<\/p>\n

The Apps that were leveraged include<\/strong>:<\/h1>\n