Signal, AI Generated Art Least, Amazon, Facebook Most Invasive Apps, Study

By Waqas In-depth analysis reveals concerning patterns in user data collection, with shopping and food delivery apps at the forefront. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Signal, AI Generated Art Least, Amazon, Facebook Most Invasive Apps, Study...

Study Finds Amazon, eBay and Afterpay as Top Android User Data Collectors

By Deeba Ahmed Amazon and eBay have been declared the highest data-collecting platforms among all the Android shopping apps researchers examined. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Study Finds Amazon, eBay and Afterpay as Top Android User Data Collectors...

Hackers Distributing Fake Shopping Apps to Steal Banking Data of Malaysian Users

Threat actors have been distributing malicious applications under the guise of seemingly harmless shopping apps to target customers of eight Malaysian banks since at least November 2021. The attacks involved setting up fraudulent but legitimate-looking websites to trick users into downloading the...

ThreatList: Cyber Monday Looms – But Shoppers Oblivious to Top Retail Threats

Despite being concerned about the security risks behind online shopping, consumers lack knowledge about some of the biggest retail risks – with more than half unaware of digital credit-card skimming threats posed by the Magecart group. In a new report this week, RiskIQ found that a full 64 percen...

New Android Malware Now Steals Passwords For Non-Banking Apps Too

BlackRock does the data collection by abusing Android's Accessibility Service privileges, for which it seeks users' permissions under the guise of fake Google updates when it's launched for the first time on the device, as shown in the shared screenshots. Subsequently, it goes on to grant itself...