Trend Micro, the Multinational Cybersecurity firm, issued a report detecting over 120 deceptive cryptocurrency mining apps online, out of which some were found in the Google Play Store. Google promptly removed eight crypto-mining apps- Bitfunds, Bitcoin (BTC) – Pool Mining Cloud Wallet, Daily Bitcoin Rewards, Minebit Pro, Ethereum (ETH)- Pool Mining Cloud, Bitcoin 2021, Bitcoin Miner, and Crypto Holic.