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Tekya Malware Threatens Millions of Android Users via Google Play

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The ad-fraud malware lurks in dozens of childrens’ and utilities apps. Continue reading Tekya Malware Threatens Millions of Android Users via Google Play→

Google purges 600 Android apps for “disruptive” pop-up ads

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These apps plunk ads in front of us when we’re trying to do something else, often leading to inadvertent ad clicks and much cursing. Continue reading Google purges 600 Android apps for “disruptive” pop-up ads→

Haken Malware Family Infests Google Play Store

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Eight apps – mostly camera utilities and children’s games – were discovered spreading a new malware strain that steals data and signs victims up for expensive premium services. Continue reading Haken Malware Family Infests Google Play Store→

Over 100 Android Apps Used ‘Soraka’ Package to Perform Ad Fraud

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Researchers identified more than 100 apps that used a common code package named “Soraka” to perform ad fraud on users’ Android devices. The White Ops Threat Intelligence team observed that many of the apps did not have a suspicious re… Continue reading Over 100 Android Apps Used ‘Soraka’ Package to Perform Ad Fraud→

Scammers are using Play Store apps to serve ads that nobody can escape

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A sneaky network of more than 100 Android applications is allowing fraudsters to make money by pushing pervasive advertisements to users’ devices, according to new cybersecurity findings. The device owners aren’t the real victims, even though they’re being exploited.  The constant stream of ads, some miniscule and others loud and inescapable, are leveraging victims’ phones as conduits for scammers to rip off companies’ marketing dollars. More than 100 applications with some 4.6 million downloads from the Google Play Store include malicious code that enables the bogus advertising network, according to research published Thursday by the bot detection firm White Ops. Android subscribers who downloaded these apps, some of which still existed on the Play Store at press time, believed they were installing programs that would predict their fortune, play games, take selfies or remove bugs. But the apps also abused their access to inundate the devices with advertisements that could be tracked but often couldn’t be […]

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