Google is taking the stress out of sideloading apps on Android phones with a new feature rolling out to Google Play Store.

Android users should be careful what they download from the Google Play store, as security researchers recently found a selection of apps which contained North Korean spyware hosted there. The five affected apps appeared to be benign system utilities like file managers,

KoSpy masqueraded as utility apps, according to Lookout Mobile Security, which links the activity to a cyber-espionage campaign out of North Korea.

Google has made good on its warning that the Play Store would be removing the ability to share apps with other users.

A group of hackers with links to the North Korean regime uploaded Android spyware onto the Google Play app store and were able to trick some people into downloading it, according to cybersecurity firm Lookout.

Multiple apps on the Google Play Store that targeted English and Korean-language speakers were actually collecting sensitive data to send to North Korea.

All of those collection methods could capture some incredibly delicate personal details, only for it to be sent to servers controlled by North Korean intelligence workers. Lookout