Security News

Google bans Android miners from Play Store
2018-07-30 11:57

Google has cracked down on apps that mine for cryptocurrency, banning them entirely from its official Google Play Store.

Google Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Android Apps From the Play Store
2018-07-27 12:18

Following Apple's lead in banning cryptocurrency mining apps, Google has also updated its Play Store policy this week to ban apps that mine cryptocurrencies on users' devices in the background....

Facebook Password Stealing Apps Found on Android Play Store
2018-01-18 17:18

Even after many efforts made by Google last year, malicious apps always somehow manage to make their ways into Google app store. Security researchers have now discovered a new piece of malware,...

Password Stealing Apps With Over A Million Downloads Found On Google Play Store
2017-12-13 11:03

Even after so many efforts by Google like launching bug bounty program and preventing apps from using Android accessibility services, malicious applications somehow manage to get into Play Store...

BankBot Returns On Play Store – A Never Ending Android Malware Story
2017-11-20 09:13

Even after so many efforts by Google for making its Play Store away from malware, shady apps somehow managed to fool its anti-malware protections and infect people with malicious software. A team...

Google Begins Removing Play Store Apps Misusing Android Accessibility Services
2017-11-14 04:35

Due to rise in malware and adware abusing Android accessibility services, Google has finally decided to take strict steps against the apps on its app platform that misuse this feature. Google has...

Fake WhatsApp On Google Play Store Downloaded By Over 1 Million Android Users
2017-11-03 23:48

Cybercriminals are known to take advantage of everything that's popular among people in order to spread malware, and Google's official Play Store has always proved no less than an excellent place...

Google Play Store Launches Bug Bounty Program to Protect Popular Android Apps
2017-10-19 11:14

Better late than never. Google has finally launched a bug bounty program for Android apps on Google Play Store, inviting security researchers to find and report vulnerabilities in some of the most...

Yet Another Android Malware Infects Over 4.2 Million Google Play Store Users
2017-09-15 03:04

Even after so many efforts by Google, malicious apps somehow managed to fool its Play Store's anti-malware protections and infect people with malicious software. The same happened once again when...

Over 500 Android Apps On Google Play Store Found Spying On 100 Million Users (The Hackers News)
2017-08-23 02:32

Over 500 different Android apps that have been downloaded more than 100 million times from the official Google Play Store found to be infected with a malicious ad library that secretly distributes...