The end result is loading an application on your Android device that has the ability to take control of your phone or tablet. But it requests extra permissions and has malicious code added to it - permissions an excited player would likely overlook during the install process. The compromised version of Pokemon Go Proofpoint analyzed looks and acts just like the real app. So, if you side-loaded a version of Pokemon Go - a particular problem in parts of the world where the game isn't yet officially available - you might have installed some malware with it. Security experts Proofpoint discovered the DroidJack malware embedded into a version of Pokemon Go downloaded outside of the Google Play Store. ![]() There's another troubling thing associated with the game: Android malware. They are also finding themselves in shady situations, stumbling across a dead body and (on the positive side of things) making new friends. Players are going out with the augmented reality app on their phones, finding Pokemon all over the real world. ![]() ![]() Pokemon Go is a mobile phenom unlike anything we've ever seen.
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