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Antivirus testing firm AV-Comparatives has analyzed 250 security applications for Android offered on Google Play and found that many of them either fail to detect threats or they are simply fake. read more
Google Play said that app suspensions increased by 66 percent in 2018 on its platform.
A piece of Android malware capable of hijacking users’ crypto-currency transactions has slipped into Google Play, ESET security researchers have discovered. read more
A fake MetaMask app is the first instance of this new type of cryptocurrency stealer appearing outside of shady third-party app stores.
Cybercriminals are modifying wallet IDs copied to the clipboard in hopes that users will accidentally transfer funds to the wrong account.
A security researcher has discovered yet another cryptocurrency-stealing malware on the official Google Play Store that was designed to secretly steal bitcoin and cryptocurrency from unwitting...
Two apps on Google Play were infecting devices with the Anubis mobile banking trojan.
Once downloaded, the fake apps hide themselves on the victim’s device and continue to show a full-screen ad every 15 minutes.
How did these get through the net? Malware made it past Google's detection systems and infected some 9 million Android users, analyst Trend Micro has found. Google has removed 85 apps from the...
Hundreds of thousands of users ended up with spyware on their devices after downloading seemingly legitimate applications from Google Play, Trend Micro security researchers have discovered. read more