Barcode Reader Apps on Play Store Infected with Adware

By Deeba Ahmed The adware has the capability to disappear every 15 minutes to avoid detection. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Barcode Reader Apps on Play Store Infected with Adware...

Anubis Malware Upgrade Logs When Victims Look at Their Screens

The Anubis malware, which threat actors use to persistently attack Google’s Android-based smartphones, is set to evolve once again, this time adding a feature that allows the malware to identify if a victim is looking at his or her screen. The new feature is one of several that haven’t been...

How Spies Snuck Malware Into the Google Play Store—Again and Again

Malicious Android apps from the so-called PhantomLance campaign targeted hundreds of users, and at least two slipped past Google's defenses...

Google Bans Infowars Android App Over Coronavirus Claims

Apple kicked Alex Jones out of the App Store in 2018. The Google Play Store has finally followed suit...

Watch Out: Android Apps in Google Play Store Capitalizing on Coronavirus Outbreak

Preying on public fears, the ongoing coronavirus outbreak is proving to be a goldmine of opportunity for attackers to stage a variety of malware attacks, phishing campaigns, and create scam sites and malicious tracker apps. Now in a fresh twist, third-party Android app developers too have begun t...

Watch Out: Android Apps in Google Play Store Capitalizing on Coronavirus Outbreak

Preying on public fears, the ongoing coronavirus outbreak is proving to be a goldmine of opportunity for attackers to stage a variety of malware attacks, phishing campaigns, and create scam sites and malicious tracker apps. Now in a fresh twist, third-party Android app developers too have begun t...

Android malware caught infecting Play Store apps for kids

By Sudais Asif Another day, another Android malware - This time, a new malware family named Tekya has been caught committing advertising fraud. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android malware caught infecting Play Store apps for kids...

Google Removes Adware-Laced Kids' Apps From Play Store

After over a million downloads, the Tekya-infected Android offerings are finally on ice...

Dozens of Android Apps for Kids on Google Play Store Caught in Ad Fraud Scheme

More than 50 Android apps on the Google Play Store—most of which were designed for kids and had racked up almost 1 million downloads between them—have been caught using a new trick to secretly click on ads without the knowledge of smartphone users. Dubbed "Tekya," the malware in the apps imitated...

Dozens of Android Apps for Kids on Google Play Store Caught in Ad Fraud Scheme

More than 50 Android apps on the Google Play Store—most of which were designed for kids and had racked up almost 1 million downloads between them—have been caught using a new trick to secretly click on ads without the knowledge of smartphone users. Dubbed "Tekya ," the malware in the apps imitate...

Google kicks out 600 malicious apps from Play Store

By Sudais Asif Google has kicked out 600 malicious apps from Play Store - Here's what happened and why it's good news. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google kicks out 600 malicious apps from Play Store...

Reddit: Race condition leads to Inflation of coins when bought via Google Play Store at endpoint https://oauth.reddit.com/api/v2/gold/android/verify_purchase

Hi, Summary: When we purchase coins from Reddit's mobile app using Android, https://oauth.reddit.com/api/v2/gold/android/verifypurchase is called with parameters like transactionid and token. There exists a race condition on this endpoint which allows an attacker to get coins many times more than...

Google Bans 600 Android Apps from Play Store for Serving Disruptive Ads

Google has banned nearly 600 Android apps from the Play Store for bombarding users with disruptive ads and violating its advertising guidelines. The company categorizes disruptive ads as "ads that are displayed to users in unexpected ways, including impairing or interfering with the usability of...

Google Bans 600 Android Apps from Play Store for Serving Disruptive Ads

Google has banned nearly 600 Android apps from the Play Store for bombarding users with disruptive ads and violating its advertising guidelines. The company categorizes disruptive ads as "ads that are displayed to users in unexpected ways, including impairing or interfering with the usability of...

Google Bans 600 Android Apps for Obnoxious Ads

Google has removed nearly 600 Android apps from the Play Store for serving up obnoxious, invasive ads that aren’t easily “x’d” out of. The internet giant said the enforcement action was a strike against mobile ad fraud. Google said Thursday that the apps violated its disruptive ads policy – and a...

Google: Efforts Against Bad Android Apps on Play Store Are Working

Some of the efforts Google has made over the past few years to bolster the security of Android app users as well as the mobile apps available on its Google Play store are starting to work, according to the tech giant. The company, which historically has struggled mightily to keep bad apps and...

Defend Yourself Now and in the Future Against Mobile Malware

The world has gone mobile and the US is leading the way. It’s estimated that that the number of smartphone users alone topped 257 million in the States in 2018. That means three-quarters 74% of households now boast at least one mobile device. And in this new digital world, it’s mobile application...

New Android malware on Play Store disables Play Protect to evade detection

By Sudais This malware disables Google's only security mechanism against malware-infected apps on the Play Store. What could go wrong, isn't? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: New Android malware on Play Store disables Play Protect to evade detection...

SideWinder hackers hit Android users with malware apps on Play Store

By Waqas The hackers are using malware apps on the Play Store to exploit a critical Android kernel vulnerability. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: SideWinder hackers hit Android users with malware apps on Play Store...

3 Google Play Store Apps Exploit Android Zero-Day Used by NSO Group

Watch out! If you have any of the below-mentioned file managers and photography apps installed on your Android phone—even if downloaded from the official Google Store store⁠—you have been hacked and being tracked. These newly detected malicious Android apps are Camero, FileCrypt, and callCam that...