Tomas Foltyn, security writer at ESET explains how to avoid exposed to malware on Android You need to stick to Google Play for apps and run as recent a version of Android as possible if you want to lower your risk of ending up in the crosshairs of malware-touting miscreants,Read More…
Lukas Stefanko, Malware Researcher at ESET highlights that cybercrooks have used fake finance apps on Google Play to phish six online banks and cryptocurrency exchange worldwide. The writer also shares tips to secure yourself against such crimes. Another set of fake finance apps has found its way into the official GoogleRead More…
Guest written by Lukas Stefanko, Malware Researcher at ESET and the article comments on the tricks that are played on Google Play for misleading its users about the functionality of apps by displaying bogus download number. It seems that tricksters on Google Play have found another way to make theirRead More…
Paul Ducklin, Senior Technologist, Sophos talks about the malware family that had infiltrated Google Play by presenting itself as a bunch of handy utilities. Sophos reported the offending apps to Google, and they’ve now been pulled from the Play Store, but not before some of them attracted more than 500,000 downloads.Read More…
Over 36.5 million Android devices may have been infected with a newly discovered piece of malware that generated fraudulent ad revenue for its creators. The malicious code was spotted in in 41 apps developed by a Korean company named Kiniwini and registered on Google Play as ENISTUDIO Corp., which produces aRead More…
