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In the wake of data abuse scandals and several instances of malware app being discovered on the Play Store, Google today expanded its bug bounty program to beef up the security of Android apps and Chrome extensions distributed through its platform.
Th… Continue reading Google Will Now Pay Anyone Who Reports Apps Abusing Users’ Data
Facebook has filed a lawsuit against two shady Android app developers accused of making illegal money by hijacking users’ smartphones to fraudulently click on Facebook ads.
According to Facebook, Hong Kong-based ‘LionMobi’ and Singapore-based ‘JediMob… Continue reading Facebook Sues Two Android App Developers for Click Injection Fraud
Cheetah Mobile—a prominent Chinese app company, known for its popular utility apps like Clean Master and Battery Doctor—and one of its subsidiary Kika Tech have allegedly been caught up in an Android ad fraud scheme that stole millions of dollars from … Continue reading 8 Popular Android Apps Caught Up In Million-Dollar Ad Fraud Scheme
You might have read somewhere online today that Google is granting Android app developers powers to forcefully install app updates…but it is not true.
Instead, the tech giant is providing a new feature that will help users to have up-to-date Android a… Continue reading New Android API Lets Developers Push Updates Within their Apps
Bought a new Android phone? What if I say your brand new smartphone can be hacked remotely?
Nearly all Android phones come with useless applications pre-installed by manufacturers or carriers, usually called bloatware, and there’s nothing you can do i… Continue reading Flaws in Pre-Installed Apps Expose Millions of Android Devices to Hackers
Mobile security researchers have discovered unprotected Firebase databases of thousands of iOS and Android mobile applications that are exposing over 100 million data records, including plain text passwords, user IDs, location, and in some cases, finan… Continue reading Thousands of Mobile Apps Expose Their Unprotected Firebase Hosted Databases
As far as security is concerned, Google is going very strict with the newest version of its mobile operating system.
Until now, Google has not done more than just alerting you of the potential threats when your Android device runs the check as part of… Continue reading What is Strictly Enforced Verified Boot in Android 7.0 Nougat?
Almost two years back, Apple introduced Swift programming language at its World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) to the developers who build software applications for Apple devices.
Swift was designed to make it easier for developers to create apps f… Continue reading Google may adopt Apple’s Swift Programming Language for Android