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8 Million Android Users Hit by SpyLoan Malware in Loan Apps on Google Play
2024-12-02 09:46

Over a dozen malicious Android apps identified on the Google Play Store that have been collectively downloaded over 8 million times contain malware known as SpyLoan, according to new findings from...

SpyLoan Android malware on Google play installed 8 million times
2024-11-30 15:11

A new set of 15 SpyLoan apps with over 8 million installs was discovered on Google Play, targeting primarily users from South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa. [...]

Over 200 malicious apps on Google Play downloaded millions of times
2024-10-15 14:26

Google Play, the official store for Android, distributed over a period of one year more than 200 malicious applications, which cumulatively counted nearly eight million downloads. [...]

‘Pig butchering’ trading apps found on Google Play, App Store
2024-10-03 19:36

Fake trading apps on Google Play and Apple's App Store lure victims into "pig butchering" scams that have a global reach. [...]

Fake Trading Apps Target Victims Globally via Apple App Store and Google Play
2024-10-02 16:54

A large-scale fraud campaign leveraged fake trading apps published on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as well as phishing sites, to defraud victims, per findings from Group-IB. The...

Fake WalletConnect app on Google Play steals Android users’ crypto
2024-09-26 13:11

A crypto draining app mimicking the legitimate 'WalletConnect' project has been distributed over Google Play for five months getting more than 10,000 downloads. [...]

Android malware 'Necro' infects 11 million devices via Google Play
2024-09-23 15:15

A new version of the Necro Trojan malware for Android was installed on 11 million devices through Google Play in malicious SDK supply chain attacks. [...]

New Mandrake Spyware Found in Google Play Store Apps After Two Years
2024-07-30 13:04

A new iteration of a sophisticated Android spyware called Mandrake has been discovered in five applications that were available for download from the Google Play Store and remained undetected for two years. A majority of the downloads originated from Canada, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Peru, and the U.K. "The new samples included new layers of obfuscation and evasion techniques, such as moving malicious functionality to obfuscated native libraries, using certificate pinning for C2 communications, and performing a wide array of tests to check if Mandrake was running on a rooted device or in an emulated environment," researchers Tatyana Shishkova and Igor Golovin said.

Android spyware 'Mandrake' hidden in apps on Google Play since 2022
2024-07-29 22:29

A new version of the Android spyware 'Mandrake' has been found in five applications downloaded 32,000 times from Google Play, the platform's official app store. Kaspersky now reports that a new variant of Mandrake that features better obfuscation and evasion sneaked into Google Play through five apps submitted to the store in 2022.

'Konfety' Ad Fraud Uses 250+ Google Play Decoy Apps to Hide Malicious Twins
2024-07-16 13:00

Details have emerged about a "Massive ad fraud operation" that leverages hundreds of apps on the Google Play Store to perform a host of nefarious activities. "Konfety represents a new form of fraud and obfuscation, in which threat actors operate 'evil twin' versions of 'decoy twin' apps available on major marketplaces," HUMAN's Satori Threat Intelligence Team said in a technical report shared with The Hacker News.