Collaborate Disseminate
Due to rise in malware and adware abusing Android accessibility services, Google has finally decided to take strict steps against the apps on its app platform that misuse this feature.
Google has emailed Android app developers informing them that with… Continue reading Google Begins Removing Play Store Apps Misusing Android Accessibility Services
Cybercriminals are known to take advantage of everything that’s popular among people in order to spread malware, and Google’s official Play Store has always proved no less than an excellent place for hackers to get their job done.
Yesterday some users… Continue reading Fake WhatsApp On Google Play Store Downloaded By Over 1 Million Android Users
The Google Play Store is still filled with malicious copycats of legitimate ads. Continue reading More Than 1 Million People Downloaded a Fake WhatsApp Android App
Better late than never.
Google has finally launched a bug bounty program for Android apps on Google Play Store, inviting security researchers to find and report vulnerabilities in some of the most popular Android apps.
Dubbed “Google Play Security Re… Continue reading Google Play Store Launches Bug Bounty Program to Protect Popular Android Apps
The Android version of Microsoft Edge is now available from the Google Play Store so users can begin using the preview software and learn how it integrates a users ecosystem between mobile and desktop devices running Windows 10.
Even after so many efforts by Google, malicious apps somehow managed to fool its Play Store’s anti-malware protections and infect people with malicious software.
The same happened once again when at least 50 apps managed to make its way onto Google Play Store and were successfully downloaded as many as 4.2 million times—one of the biggest malware outbreaks.
Security firm Check Point on
Continue reading Yet Another Android Malware Infects Over 4.2 Million Google Play Store Users
The latest version of Android should be coming to a device near you soon – how does it stack up on the security front? Continue reading Google bakes in sweeter security for Android Oreo
If you think you are downloading apps from Google Play Store and you are secure, then watch out!
Someone has managed to flood third-party app stores and Google Play Store with more than a thousand malicious apps, which can monitor almost anything a user does on their mobile device from silently recording calls to make outbound calls without the user’s interaction.
Dubbed SonicSpy, the
Continue reading More than 1,000 Spyware Apps Found On Android App Stores
Security researchers at Google have discovered a new family of deceptive Android spyware that can steal a whole lot of information on users, including text messages, emails, voice calls, photos, location data, and other files, and spy on them.
Dubbed … Continue reading Google Detects Dangerous Spyware Apps On Android Play Store
Over 800 different Android apps that have been downloaded millions of times from Google Play Store found to be infected with malicious ad library that silently collects sensitive user data and can perform dangerous operations.
Dubbed “Xavier,” the mal… Continue reading Beware! Over 800 Android Apps on Google Play Store Contain ‘Xavier’ Malware