Some time thereafter Google Play removed Barcode Scanner from its store.January 5 th, 2020: Barcode Scanner v1.75, publisher The space team and last known malware-infected version released.December31 st, 2020: Barcode Scanner v1.75, publisher The space team.December31 st, 2020: Barcode Scanner v1.73, publisher The space team.December23 rd, 2020: Barcode Scanner v1.71, publisher The space team.

December 7 th, 2020: Barcode Scanner v1.69, publisher The space team.December 4 th, 2020: Barcode Scanner v1.68, publisher LAVABIRD LTD.November 27 th, 2020: Barcode Scanner v1.67, publisher LAVABIRD LTD.Here is a breakdown of all the known infected versions of Barcode Scanner with the corresponding upload date on the Google Play store and the corresponding publisher: It is instead an account under the name 'The space team.' Nevertheless, there is evidence that updates of Barcode Scanner by either publisher results in a malware infection of Android/. It has come to our attention that there is another bad actor in this story.Īpparently, the original publisher, LAVABIRD LTD, is not the bad actor.

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