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over a million Google accounts have been hit with malware the malware's called ghoul again and it was discovered by security research firm checkpoint the firm believes that this is the largest known google account breach not every Android device is vulnerable Google ghen only works on Android 4 or 5 however according to google's android site approximately seventy-four percent of android devices in the market are running on android 4 or 5 hooligan is hidden in certain apps available outside of the Google Play App Store apps like stopwatch Wi-Fi enhancer and perfect cleaner are known to be malicious if full list is available at checkpoint Google iggin installs a rootkit which gives the attacker full control of your Android device attackers use go again to install apps from google play and then rate those apps highly additionally the malware installs adware this generates over three hundred thousand dollars per month for the attackers the malware is currently spreading at a rate of 13,000 devices per day to find out if your account was compromised check google again checkpoint calm remember if you installed apps from only the google play store or are running android 6 or higher you're likely safe for more information check out cnet com I'm Maya's Akhtar and I'll see you online