The malicious app was discovered and disclosed by the researchers at DomainTools, who came across the website coronavirusapp[. Such is the interest in COVID-19 information, though, that there will be plenty of users who have installed the app. On the specifics of COVID-19 apps—stick to the iOS App Store and Android Play Store. Both Apple and Google have cleaned up malicious apps, sticking to official offerings from genuine information providers. Anything coronavirus related that you side load from an unofficial store is likely to be harmful to you.

Source: Forbes March 16, 2020 23:55 UTC