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SophosLabs has discovered 15 apps on Google Play that install without icons as a ploy to keep themselves on the user’s device. Continue reading Some Android adware apps hide icons to make it hard to remove them
With malvertising on the rise, how can users and organizations tell the difference between safe advertisements and malicious ones that threaten personal or company data?
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A total of 172 malicious apps were detected on Google Play in September, with more than 330 million installations. Continue reading Google Play Malicious Apps Racked Up 335M+ Installs in September
Telemetry for the first half of the year shows that Apple’s ecosystem is firmly in cybercriminals’ sights. Continue reading ThreatList: Apple Adware, Phishing, APT Attacks Threaten macOS Users
Recently, the popular CamScanner – Phone PDF creator app caught our attention. After analyzing the app, we saw that the developer added an advertising library to it that contains a malicious dropper component. Continue reading An advertising dropper in Google Play
There exists a pervading urban legend that Apple Macs don’t get viruses. Time and again this urban legend is proved to be as factual as all the conspiracy theories that float about online combined. A new variant of the adware Crossrider again proves t… Continue reading Crossrider Adware Still Causing Unwanted Mac Browser Redirects
Researchers detected three apps that leverage clever tactics to hide on Android devices so that they can display adware to users. The three adware distributors (com.colors.drawing.coloring, hd4k.wallpapers.backgrounds, and launcher.call.recorder) each … Continue reading Three Adware Apps Used Clever Tactics to Hide on Android Devices
Are you sure the WhatsApp app you are using on your Android device is legitimate, even if it’s working perfectly as intended?
…Or the JioTV, AppLock, HotStar, Flipkart, Opera Mini or Truecaller app—if you have installed any of these?
I’m asking thi… Continue reading New Malware Replaced Legit Android Apps With Fake Ones On 25 Million Devices
Researchers say malware infects phones in order to sneak ads on devices for profit. Continue reading Agent Smith Malware Infects 25M Android Phones to Push Rogue Ads
Oleksii Petrovich Ivanov has been extradited in the U.S. after allegedly launching malvertising campaigns that caused victims to view malicious ads on more than 100 million occasions. Continue reading Ukrainian Charged With Launching 100 Million Malicious Ads