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Russian Developer Snuck Cryptocurrency Mining into Android Apps

14

Nov

2017

Apps found in Google Play turned mobile devices into cryptocurrency miners unbeknownst to their users, according to researchers from security firm Ixia. A Russian developer installed cryptocurrency mining code in his popular crossword game app Puzzle as well as his in-game awards and bonuses app Reward Digger, without notifying users they would be mining cryptocurrency […]

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Fake WhatsApp app tricked over a million users

07

Nov

2017

Google Play has suffered another failure, as over one million users have been duped into downloading a fake version of WhatsApp made available in the official Android app store. The bogus WhatsApp application was spotted late last week on Google Play, looking for all the world like the real thing, and appearing to be developed […]

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Google Patches Critical Bugs in Android

07

Nov

2017

Google on Monday released its November 2017 set of security patches for Android to address 31 vulnerabilities, 9 of which are remote code execution issues rated Critical severity. A total of 9 vulnerabilities are related to the recently revealed KRACK attack. The newly released Android Security Bulletin—November 2017 is split into three security patch levels. […]

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