Pirated games for Android, as well as instructions on how to "crack" mobile phone applications, are available in book form on Google Play and even cost a few dollars.
It seems that some crafty people have found a new way to take advantage of the popularity of Google Play, bypassing the company's automated security systems.
There are many who sell fake books on Google's marketplace, with just a few pages that supposedly contain instructions, but lead the user to dangerous websites, which contain various types of malicious scripts.
The titles of the malicious entries include names of popular games so that they appear in search results, ensuring maximum visibility from users.
A report by Android Police mentions a fake Limbo guide that contained links to a site called Andoider, from which the user could download the cracked material. Androider advertised itself as the source of Android game apk files , offering free access to everything
Visiting these dangerous websites can expose the user to many risks, such as phishing scams, automated or not, downloading and installing dangerous software for Windows and Android, as well as displaying advertisements, all of which are intended to profit those behind them.
This system must be quite profitable for the scammers, since they are paid in various ways. But it all starts with the link on Google Play, which sends the victim to dangerous websites.
Google , there are still many listings available with questionable legitimacy. For this reason, users should immediately report links with suspicious content so that the company's security team can review them.
