Security News

Hacking Team's $175,000 Apple Store And Google Play Surveillance Apps Flirt With Illegality (Forbes)
2015-07-08 20:01

Malicious Version of BatteryBot Pro App Found on Google Play (SecurityWeek)
2015-07-07 10:12

Fraudulent BatteryBot Pro App Yanked from Google Play (Threatpost)
2015-07-06 20:32

Google has pulled a malicious click fraud app from Google Play that spoofs the popular BatteryBot Pro app.

More than 30 scareware apps disguised as Minecraft cheats in Google Play (SC Magazine)
2015-05-26 21:11

Fake Minecraft Cheats Hosted on Google Play Hide Android Scareware (SecurityWeek)
2015-05-25 17:11

Millions of users installed malicious Minecraft apps from Google Play (Help Net Security)
2015-05-25 08:43

Since August 2014, Minecraft lovers who like to play the popular game on their Android phones have been targeted with apps that are purportedly cheats for the game but are ultimately aimed at tricking...

NSA planned Google Play hack to target Android smartphones (ZDNet)
2015-05-21 15:11

Woman sues Google claiming she lost thousands through Google Play Store hack (ArsTechnica)
2015-04-21 02:00

Google announces "two improvements" to Google Play app approval process (Naked Security)
2015-03-19 21:59

Google recently added actual humans to the Android app approval system... ...now there's age rating and better feedback for rejected apps as well.

Fake guides and cracked apps on Google Play Books lead to malware (Help Net Security)
2015-03-05 10:04

Google has become pretty swift at finding and removing fake and malicious apps from its Google Play store, but there is one part of it where malware peddlers still seem to thrive: the "bookstore." ...