After analyzing offers of malicious apps on Google Play that are for sale on the Darknet, Kaspersky experts have discovered that malicious mobile apps and store developer accounts are being sold at up to US$20,000. Using Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence,Read More…
With an ever growing number of smartphone users, the development of mobile applications has become a booming industry. Today there are millions of apps, helping users with almost everything of their everyday life – from entertainment to banking and billing. Read More…
Amer Owaida, Security Writer at ESET explains that most medical and fitness apps in Google Play have tracking capabilities enabled and their data collection practices aren’t transparentRead More…
ESET researchers have discovered a new operation within a long-running cyber-espionage campaign in the Middle East, apparently with links to the threat actor group known as Gaza Hackers, or Molerats.Read More…
Reviewing the statistic of cyber-attacks on smartphone users, the researchers saw that in the period of January – June 2020, the number of malicious attacks on mobile users reached 68,063. The overall dynamics were clearly showing that quarantine did not have a particular influence on the United ArabRead More…
Empello has to day cautioned the Android users in the UAE on the increase in the number of mobile scams and unwanted subscriptions on their mobile phones. The company recently detected three apps with malware embedded that subscribe the phone users to costly VAS servicesRead More…
ESET researchers have discovered the first known instances of spyware based on the open-source espionage tool called AhMyth. This particular spyware was posing as an internet radio app playing very specific Balochi music; however, the spying capabilities may be easily attached to any other app.Read More…
A powerful money-eating malware called MobOk has been found to be hidden within legitimate photo editing apps on Google Play store. Researchers at Kaspersky said the Pink Camera and Pink Camera 2 apps, which have now been now removed, were installed around 10,000 times. They included genuine photo-editing functionalities, butRead More…
