To illustrate the point, the researchers created an app masquerading as an Angry Birds add-on, and put it on the Android Marketplace.

Criminals that used popular gaming brands such as Angry Birds, Assassin's Creed and Cut the Rope to run a fraudulent scam on Android phones have been fined £50,000 by a UK regulator. PhonepayPlus ...

Interestingly, the classic reimagined is still available on Apple Arcade, that version is called Angry Birds Reloaded with no ads or in-app purchases. Hopefully, that will remain safe in the future.

Rovio Classics: Angry Birds, a rebuilt version of the original mobile hit, will be delisted from Google Play on Thursday, February 23rd. The iOS version will still be available, though its name is ...