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Garmin mobile app down amid possible ransomware attack

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Garmin’s mobile application and services are currently experiencing outages amid reports that the smartwatch and wearables company is suffering from a ransomware attack. Garmin confirmed on Twitter and its website that its mobile app is down and that it also can’t receive calls, emails, or online chats. Garmin also sent announcements to staff in its Taiwan factories announcing two days of “planned” maintenance for this upcoming weekend, according to reports from iThome, a Taiwanese outlet. Phil Stokes, a threat researcher at SentinelOne, said the announcement appears to coincide with a WastedLocker ransomware attack against the company. Several Garmin employees likewise alleged that WastedLocker —  a custom ransomware deployed by Evil Corp, a Russian group of criminals known for its Dridex and BitPaymer attacks — was behind the incident, ZDNet reported. The ransom demands associated with WastedLocker have typically been expensive, according to Malwarebytes, although it was unclear if any demands had been […]

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Massive Breach Exposes Keyboard App that Collects Personal Data On Its 31 Million Users

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In the digital age, one of the most popular sayings is—if you’re not paying, then you’re not the customer, you’re the product.

While downloading apps on their smartphones, most users may not realize how much data they collect on you.

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Google takes swift action to kill massive ad fraud campaign in Play store

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Google killed a massive ad fraud operation evident in the Google Play Store just one day after a security firm publicly revealed the malicious campaign. A total of 41 individual smartphone applications, which were available for download on Android devices earlier this week, have been removed in the last 24 hours. Each of those applications were connected to a larger scheme uncovered Thursday by U.S. cybersecurity firm Check Point. Forbes magazine was first to notice the swift action on the part of Google. Check Point discovered and published technical details of the scheme, perpetrated by South Korean software company Kiniwini, which involved bobby-trapped apps with rogue code causing devices to open webpages in the background and click on banners. The result was a spike in revenue for the company, which sold banner ads to clients valued in relation to engagement. Most of these maligned apps were free games. A Google spokesperson did […]

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Russia to get rid of Android and iOS by launching its own Mobile Operating System

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Last month, it was reported that the European Commission is planning to impose a record antitrust fine of about 3 BILLION euros (US$3.4 Billion) on Google for violating antitrust laws.

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Russia Rejects Google’s Appeal and Orders to Stop Pre-Installing its own Android Apps

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The Giant search engine Google has lost an anti-monopoly appeal in Russia against ruling related to its Android mobile OS

The Moscow Arbitration Court on Monday ruled that Google had violated its dominant position with the help of its free open source mobile platform “Android” by forcing its own apps and services like Youtube, Google Map, and others, on users — reducing competition.

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