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Nathan Ord - Fri, Jul 07, 2023
Time and time again, malware or malicious apps find their way to Google Play Store, infecting millions of people. In this same vein, researchers have discovered spyware with ties to China hiding in the Play Store disguised as file...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, May 05, 2023
Security researchers at Kaspersky are ringing the alarm bells on a trojan that's managed to infiltrate Google Play and infect well over half a million Android devices. Dubbed "Fleckpe," the malware strain has been active since last year...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jan 30, 2023
One of the best ways to avoid mucking up your mobile device with malware is to only download and install software from official app stores. However, you still should never let your guard down, even when avoiding the side-loading scene...
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Aaron Leong - Mon, Dec 05, 2022
In the latest detection statistics by Dr. Web antivirus for Android, it found that more than two million users were being bamboozled into installing and using certain apps that were actually backdoors for malware, phishing, and adware...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Nov 03, 2022
Security researchers at Malwarebytes Labs have discovered a small handful of malicious Android apps loitering in Google Play, which collectively have racked up over 1 million installations. According to the researchers, each of the four...
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Nathan Wasson - Mon, Aug 01, 2022
Google is engaged in a never ending game of cat and mouse with threat actors on its Play Store who employ different techniques to sneak malware-ridden apps onto the app store. We fairly regularly write about newly discovered batches of...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jul 27, 2022
It seems these days that security researchers are sounding the alarm on malicious Androids apps in Google Play at an alarming rate. So it goes again with a fresh reporting highlighting over two dozen Android apps packaged with malware, and...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jul 14, 2022
Time and again, we're reminded that even when installing Android apps directly from Google's Play Store, contracting a malware infection is still possible. It's still the safest route (versus venturing off elsewhere and/or sideloading)...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jun 15, 2022
There are millions of Android apps in Google Play, and while there are safeguards in place to keep malicious ones from sneaking in, a few bad apples inevitably creep through the door. When that happens, millions of devices can end up...
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Brittany Goetting - Thu, Apr 07, 2022
Can’t find the Android app all of your friends have been recommending? Its absence is likely intentional. Google Play will soon get rid of apps that do not incorporate the latest privacy and security features.
According to Android for...
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Tim Sweezy - Tue, Mar 22, 2022
An Android trojan dubbed Facestealer swipes Facebook credentials after infecting 100K Android users. The trojan gets embedded into unsuspecting user devices after downloading the application Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools and the malware...
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Lane Babuder - Fri, Mar 18, 2022
It seems like just about every week there is some new malware threat to mobile users, especially for those who use Android. What if we told you that many of those new threats are not actually new at all?
According to Dr. Web, an...
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Jeff Butts - Fri, Dec 17, 2021
One app on the Google Play store has sent users’ contacts to a Russian server on the sly. Then, it signed them up for expensive subscriptions. That one app has already been downloaded half a million times. If you’re among those 500,000...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Dec 10, 2021
Did you watch The Game Awards last night? If you did, then you probably already know this, but if not, here's the deal: Google is bringing its Play Games app to Windows PCs next year. That essentially means you'll have one more PC gaming...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, Nov 03, 2021
Netflix officially announced its intentions to enter the extremely lucrative gaming industry this past July. Following up on that, Netflix yesterday tooks it is first step into the already very competitive mobile platform that will include...
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Nathan Ord - Fri, Jul 23, 2021
The Epic Games fight against anticompetitive Apple and Google is still alive and kicking, as Epic now filed a new complaint against Google. The update adds some redacted details about Google’s allegedly anticompetitive behavior and how...
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Nathan Ord - Thu, Jul 15, 2021
The billing fraud and SMS-stealing malware known as Joker has returned to the Google Play Store after having its ups and downs dating back to 2017. Researchers now say Joker has a new bag of tricks and can avoid Google’s app-vetting...
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Nathan Ord - Wed, Jun 30, 2021
In 2018, Google launched the Android App Bundle, a new publishing format that “offers a more efficient way to build and release” an app. Since then, Android developers worldwide, like those at Adobe, Duolingo, Netflix, and Twitter, have...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Apr 30, 2021
Android app developers take note, Google is implementing new guidelines for how apps can be displayed and advertised in the Play Store. The new policies are aimed at preventing apps from misleading Android users with certain buzz words and...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Mar 22, 2021
There is a new app in Google Play that is a potential boon for Android handset owners, and it comes directly from Google. You might not recognize its potential by its name alone, however—it is called WifiNanScan, and what it does is...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Feb 17, 2021
Security researchers at Trend Micro say they have uncovered "several vulnerabilities" within an Android application that has been downloaded more than 1 billion times from Google Play. The app is called SHAREit by Smart Media 4U, and it is...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Feb 02, 2021
The popular online stock trading app Robinhood is back down to a dismal one-star user rating in Google Play, as the platform continues to draw heavy criticism after it limited the ability to trade certain stocks following a surge in...
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