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Android users eager to play the increasingly popular Fortnite survival game on their mobile devices are being targeted left and right with malicious apps masquerading as the game or apps related to it. What is Fortnite? Fortnite is a co-op sandbox surv… Continue reading Fortnite is coming to Android, but malicious fake apps are already there
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With all the hype around the wildly popular video game “Fortnite,” it should come as no surprise that people are taking advantage of the excitement to spread malware. Researchers with cybersecurity company Zscaler have uncovered a slew of Android apps posing as the official “Fortnite” app for Android. The various malicious apps’ capabilities include spyware, cryptojacking and adware, among other things. “Fortnite,” a multiplayer online battle and survival game, has about 45 million players on Playstation, Xbox, PC, MacOS and iOS. The company behind the game, Epic Games, has said that support for Android devices is “coming within the next few months,” but has not put out an official timeline. “A version for the Android mobile platform has not been announced, leaving Android users—eager to play this game on their devices—searching for it. Such situations involving popular games always seem to attract malware authors looking to spread their payloads disguised […]
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An array of malicious Android apps purporting to be popular game Fortnite are instead harvesting call logs and downloading cryptomining malware. Continue reading Fake Fortnite Apps for Android Spread Spyware, Cryptominers
The new ‘Call of Duty’ will feature zombies, multiplayer, a battle royale mode, and—in a series first—no single player campaign. Continue reading ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’ Confirms No Single Player and a New Mode Copying ‘Fortnite’
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New websites are promising ‘Fortnite’ fans free in-game currency, but it’s an old scam for a new game. Continue reading The Free ‘Fortnite’ Money Scams Are So Stupid They Probably Work
Dedicated gamers are using VPNs and remote desktop apps to bypass Wi-Fi restrictions. Continue reading Students Are Using VPNs to Play ‘Fortnite’ on School Wi-Fi
Who would win in a fight, ‘Fortnite’ or ‘PUBG?’ Continue reading The ‘Fortnite’ and ‘PUBG’ Universes Clash in This 7-minute Battle Royale Showdown
By Uzair Amir
If you are a Fortnite player and hold a registered account
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