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A newly discovered “aggressive” mobile campaign has infected north of 10 million users from over 70 countries via seemingly innocuous Android apps that subscribe the individuals to premium services costing €36 (~$42) per month without their knowledge. Zimperium zLabs dubbed the malicious trojan “GriftHorse.” The money-making scheme is believed to have been under active development […]

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A total of 16 issues were patched with the first part of this month’s security updates – the 2021-09-01 security patch level – including one critical issue in the Framework component. Tracked as CVE-2021-0687, the security bug affects Android 8.1, 9, 10, and 11. “The most severe of these issues is a critical security vulnerability […]

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Between March 2020 and March 2021, the value of bitcoin rose from $6,483 to $58,734 (Statista.com). The value is roughly $32,500 at the time of publishing. There’s money in cryptocurrency; and where there’s money, there’s criminals. Researchers at mobile security firm Lookout have identified more than 170 Android apps that target and scam users interested […]

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