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Arkansas Social Media Consent Law, Android Malware Invasion, New Method of Keyless Car Theft
Is Arkansas taking the right step to protect children online? A new law passed in the state makes it illegal for minors to use social media without their parent or guardian’s consent ...
‘See No Evil’ — Mozilla SLAMS Google’s App Privacy Labels
Google doesn’t want you to know what your Android apps do with your data. That seems to be the conclusion from a Mozilla study into the Play Store ...
More malware-infested apps found in the Google Play store
Three million Android users may have lost money and had their devices infected by spyware, after the discovery that the official Google Play store has been distributing apps infected by a new ...
Banking Trojan in Google Play App Store—‘2FA Authenticator’ drops Vultur RAT
An Android app has been found to drop the Vultur remote access Trojan. This “dangerous” and “advanced” banking malware was in the Google Play store. How did that happen? ...
Google Removes 25 Malicious Google Play Apps Stealing Facebook Login Credentials
Last month, Google removed 25 Android apps from its Google Play Store after discovering they were stealing users’ Facebook account credentials. The malicious apps, identified by security company Evina, appeared to be ...
Researchers spot 24,000 Android Apps Leaking User Data
Comparitech researchers led by cybersecurity expert Bob Diachenko have revealed that 24,000 Android Apps expose user information through misconfigurations on Google Firebase, a popular development platform used by roughly 30% of apps ...
Cyber security researchers uncover hidden backdoors and secret commands in 12,000 Android apps
The use of mobile apps is a part of our daily routine, and anyone using a smartphone has downloaded and installed a variety of them on his device, be it a game, ...
Google Removes 600 Apps from Play Store for Serving Disruptive Ads
Google has removed more than 600 apps from the Play Store and banned them from the Google AdMob and Google Ad Manager advertising platforms for violating policies on disruptive ads. The massive ...
150 Million People Affected By SimBad Adware on Android
Mobile security has been compromised yet again, as SimBad, a new strain of adware, was found installed on more than 210 Android Apps. The adware was disguised as an advertisement kit and ...
Italian Android Spyware Infected Google Play Store for Years, Researchers Find
Fake service applications in Italian from mobile operators were found to be invasive spyware after successfully bypassing Google Play Store’s filters, according to a group of researchers from non-profit security organization Security ...
