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Almost 100 such apps, with >1 million downloads, found so far (but not by Google).
Why can’t Google put a stop to adware on their official Android app marketplace? The analysis by Trend Micro researchers of a Trojan Android ad library dubbed Xavier tells the story. The Xavier ad...
Google hasn’t yet removed all of the apps, which have as many as 6 million downloads.
Google hasn’t yet removed all of the apps, which have as many as 6 million downloads.
There are thousands of Android applications containing the label “antivirus,” but a big chunk of them are dangerous programs designed to infect devices of unsuspecting users with malware, RiskIQ...
Over 800 different Android apps that have been downloaded millions of times from Google Play Store found to be infected with malicious ad library that silently collects sensitive user data and can...
Google has released a reCAPTCHA API for Android, a first for the mobile applications.
UK and US Android users have been saddled with unwanted apps via malicious ads that executed a drive-by download attack. According to Zscaler researchers, the malicious ads were posted on forums,...
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab recently came across a new Trojan designed to target Android smartphones. The malware, delivered via the Google Play store, is capable of rooting devices and it...
A new Android-rooting malware with an ability to disable device’ security settings in an effort to perform malicious tasks in the background has been detected on the official Play Store. What's...