The coronavirus outbreak is facilitating invasions of privacy, with apps about the pandemic being retooled to track a person's every move.
Researchers from mobile security company Lookout discovered an Android app called "corona live 1.1," which pretends to be the real "corona live" app and uses the Johns Hopkins coronavirus tracker -- an actual and legitimate resource for tracking infection rates, death counts and recovery rates around the world.
While people using the app thought they were keeping tabs on the pandemic, the malicious app was actually tracking them: getting access to the device's photos, videos, location and camera. The camera access would allow the attackers to take photos and record videos and audio, Lookout said.
