The App called BeNews could also escape the vigourous vetting checks of Google Play security team.

This was reported by security research company Trend Micro Labs.

Dynamic loading technology allows the app to download and execute a partial of code from the internet.

BeNews Android App developed by the Hacking Team escaped Google Play vetting and installed malware

The app uses a privilege escalation bug, CVE-2014-3153, found in Android 2.2 to 4.4.4.

BeNews Android App developed by the Hacking Team escaped Google Play vetting and installed malware

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