Collaborate Disseminate
In 2017 Google removed apps that violated the Google Play policies because they were malicious, purposely copied a more popular app or served up inappropriate content. Continue reading Google Booted 700,000 Bad Apps From Its Marketplace in 2017
Researchers identified 60 apps on Google Play infected with AdultSwine malware that in some cases displayed graphic adult-themed ads on apps intended for children. Continue reading Apps Exposing Children to Porn Ads Booted From Google Play
Won’t somebody besides the scammers please think of the children? New malware on the Google Play Store downloaded over 3 million times hid inside nearly 70 different children’s game apps. The malware, known as AdultSwine, created an array of problems for victims including scaring them into installing fake security apps, spending money on premium SMS messages and displaying ads over other apps that included pornographic content. Infected apps include Five Nights Survival Craft (with over 1 million downloads), Mcqueen Car Racing Game (over 500,000 downloads) and Addon Pixelmon for MCPE (over 500,000 downloads). The ads come from popular advertisement networks like Google, Facebook and Immobi, as well as the malware’s own ad library, which include the pornographic advertisements. Researchers from Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point Technologies say AdultSwine could also easily be used for more nefarious things like credential theft. Despite significant efforts from Google, the Google Play Store is regularly hit by malware outbreak […]
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