Cybersecurity experts have warned Android users about an application on Google Play Store, which has reportedly affected 10 million devices. At the end of last year, cybersecurity experts at MalwareBytes began receiving reports about the Barcode Scanner app from LAVABIRD LTD, which has been downloaded more than 10 million times. And users who downloaded the app reported that ads were suddenly opening from the default browser on their Android device. MalwareBytes received a notification that the offending perpetrator was the “Barcode Scanner Android” app. The application was removed from the Google Play Store, after MalwareBytes notified LAVABIRD LTD. It was discovered that the application, which appeared to be harmless for years, had turned into another “full of malware” after the update. MalwareBytes experts revealed the threat in an online post: “In the case of Barcode Scanner, malicious code was added that was not present in previous versions of the app. […]