Google booted four spyware-laced apps from Google Play that targeted oversees travelers seeking embassy information and news for specific European countries. The apps gathered user information from Android phones including: contacts, email, GPS data, phone type, device ID and identified if the phone had been rooted, according to Lookout’s Security Research and Response Team which […]
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Regular readers of Naked Security will know that when it comes to Android malware, we have three primary tips: Install patches for your device as soon as they are available. (Sadly, for some devices, that’s rarely or never.) Use a product such as Sophos Free Antivirus and Security to keep an eye out for malware, […]
Category Malware
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Oct
2015
#android users will be well aware of the fact that the #google play store, and their Android device, are constantly under the watchful eye of cyber-criminals. Thanks to the wide usage of the Android operating system, these criminals use this in the favor and use the Google Play store to help spread their #malware to […]
Category Mobile security
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