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How to Spot and Avoid Malicious Spyware Apps on Your Smartphone

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How to Spot and Avoid Malicious Spyware Apps on Your Smartphone

Spyware apps masquerading as legitimate software are a growing threat on app stores, particularly Google Play. These malicious apps can steal personal data, commit financial...

Tricky Malware Uses Versioning to Outsmart Google Play Store Scanners

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Tricky Malware Uses Versioning to Outsmart Google Play Store Scanners

In recent developments, threat actors are using a technique known as "versioning" to evade Google Play Store's malware detection mechanisms, posing a significant risk to Android...

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The Montana Legislature Banned TikTok

A bill introduced in Montana would prevent apps like TikTok from being listed for download on app stores such as Google Play and Apple's App Store. The bill is forwarded...

Users of Android can Now Save Space by Auto Archiving

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Users of Android can Now Save Space by Auto Archiving

In an announcement by Chang Liu and Lidia Gaymond, Google Play product managers announced that an upcoming auto-archive feature would be introduced later this month. This...

Cybercriminals Set Android Apps For Sale for Up to $20K a Piece

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Cybercriminals Set Android Apps For Sale for Up to $20K a Piece

Cyber threat actors have lately been targeting the official Google Play app store’s security by developing trojan malwares for existing Android apps, selling the malwares for...

New Phishing Scam Targets User's With Fake ChatGPT Platform

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New Phishing Scam Targets User's With Fake ChatGPT Platform

The general population is fascinated with AI chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT. Sadly, the popularity of the AI tool has also attracted scammers who use it to carry out extremely...

Mozilla Research Lashes Out Google Over ‘Misleading’ Privacy Labels on Leading Android Apps

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Mozilla Research Lashes Out Google Over ‘Misleading’ Privacy Labels on Leading Android Apps

An investigation, conducted by the Mozilla Foundation, into the data safety labels and privacy policy on the Google Play Store has exposed some severe loopholes that enable apps...

SharkBot Malware Returns to Google Play, to Steal Login Credentials

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SharkBot Malware Returns to Google Play, to Steal Login Credentials

A new and updated version of the SharkBot malware has returned to Google's Play Store, targeting Android users' banking logins via apps with tens of thousands of installations....

Android Apps With 45 Million Installs Used For Data Harvesting SDK

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Android Apps With 45 Million Installs Used For Data Harvesting SDK

Recently, Mobile malware researchers warned about a set of applications available on the Google Play Store that are stealing the private data of users from over 45 million...

Top Israeli Officials Duped by Bearded Barbie Hackers

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Top Israeli Officials Duped by Bearded Barbie Hackers

Cybercriminals appear to be aggressively promoting the Remcos RAT that first appeared in hacking forums in 2016 and was marketed sold, and offered cracks on a variety of...

Google Authenticator Codes for Android is Targeted by Nefarious Escobar Banking Trojan

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Google Authenticator Codes for Android is Targeted by Nefarious Escobar Banking Trojan

'Escobar' virus has resurfaced in the form of a novel threat, this time targeting Google Authenticator MFA codes. The spyware, which goes by the package name com.escobar.pablo...

Spyware Infests the Microsoft Store with Classic Game Pirates

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Spyware Infests the Microsoft Store with Classic Game Pirates

Electron Bot, a malware which infiltrated Microsoft's Official Store via clones of popular games like Subway Surfer and Temple Run, infected approximately 5,000 machines...

GriftHorse Malware has Infected More than 10 Million Android Devices

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GriftHorse Malware has Infected More than 10 Million Android Devices

A new malware named GriftHorse is said to have infected over 10 million Android cell phones. According to the research at mobile security firm Zimperium, the threat group...

Fake Minecraft Modpacks On Google Play Deliver Millions of Abusive Ads and Disrupt Normal Phone Usage

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Fake Minecraft Modpacks On Google Play Deliver Millions of Abusive Ads and Disrupt Normal Phone Usage

Scammers have now begun taking advantage of the Minecraft sandbox video clip game’s wild accomplishment by building Google Play applications.These applications surface...

Google removes 16 apps infected by 'Agent Smith' malware

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Google removes 16 apps infected by 'Agent Smith' malware

Every now and then, Android keeps getting visited from deadly malware attacks that put user and their data at lots of risks. This time, it's a new malware called Agent Smith...

Most of the Antivirus Android Apps Ineffective and Unreliable

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Most of the Antivirus Android Apps Ineffective and Unreliable

In a report published by AV-Comparatives, an Austrian antivirus testing company, it has been found out that the majority of anti-malware and antivirus applications for Android...

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