Spyware "Mandrake" found in Android apps

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    Android spyware 'Mandrake' hidden in apps on Google Play since 2022
    A new version of the Android spyware 'Mandrake' has been found in five applications downloaded 32,000 times from Google Play, the platform's official app store.
    www.bleepingcomputer.com

    I wish we could go back to simpler times where we won't need such pervasive nonsense as computer viruses, problems caused by bad coding whether done deliberately or accidental, and now spyware found on phones

    Not to mention data breaches in our telephone companies, govt agencies, insurance companies. My information has been part of data breaches in each of these categories in the past year.