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These malicious Android apps are seriously bad news for your phone – here’s why

08

Aug

2023

Android apps with millions of downloads have been found running ads constantly, draining battery and causing all sorts of other problems for users. The Mobile Research Team at antivirus vendor McAfee discovered 43 apps of this kind and reported them to Google for violation of Play Store policies. They have now been removed from the […]

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A fake Android app is turning victims’ phones into SMS relays

29

Nov

2022

Researchers recently discovered a malicious Android application that turns the devices into SMS relays used to verify various accounts on the internet. At press time, the app has more than 100,000 downloads on the Google Play Store, and can still be downloaded. Oftentimes, when people create online accounts, they need to verify their identities via […]

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Vulnerability in Amazon Photos Android App Exposed User Information

30

Jun

2022

With more than 50 million downloads, Amazon Photos offers cloud storage, allowing users to store photos and videos at their original quality, as well as to print and share photos, and to display them on multiple Amazon devices. In November 2021, Checkmarx researchers identified an issue in the application that could have leaked the Amazon […]

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These malicious Android apps are seriously bad news for your phone – here’s why

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