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A global fraud campaign has been found leveraging 151 malicious Android apps with 10.5 million downloads to rope users into premium subscription services without their consent and knowledge. The premium SMS scam campaign — dubbed “UltimaSMS” — is believed to commenced in May 2021 and involved apps that cover a wide range of categories, including […]
Google intervened to remove nine Android apps downloaded more than 5.8 million times from the company’s Play Store after the apps were caught furtively stealing users’ Facebook login credentials. “The applications were fully functional, which was supposed to weaken the vigilance of potential victims. With that, to access all of the apps’ functions and, allegedly, […]
Sometimes you can’t just pick one picture for posting on social media or putting up photo frames. In such cases, making a photo collage is a much better and fun way of sharing your happy memories. You can use collage makers to put together a collage in a matter of minutes. There are several easy-to-use […]
Memes are an essential part of our lives and our social media is proof of it. Most of us (including me) tend to show our presence on social media mostly for memes. The motto we follow is “eat, sleep, meme, repeat.” I hope you get the idea of how crucial memes are for us. As […]
Do you still own a flashlight app on your Android smartphone? If that’s a yes, then your personal data might be at high risk. After studying over hundreds of flashlight apps, Avast Security Researcher, Luis Corrons, discovered these Android apps ask for an insane amount of unwanted permissions — average being of 25 permissions per […]
In the wake of data abuse scandals and several instances of malware app being discovered on the Play Store, Google today expanded its bug bounty program to beef up the security of Android apps and Chrome extensions distributed through its platform. The expansion in Google’s vulnerability reward program majorly includes two main announcements. First, a […]
Beware! Attackers can remotely hijack your Android device and steal data stored on it, if you are using free version of CamScanner, a highly-popular Phone PDF creator app with more than 100 million downloads on Google Play Store. So, to be safe, just uninstall the CamScanner app from your Android device now, as Google has already […]
Expressions (specifically facial expressions) have been a part of us humans since we started to recognize things around us. This is further applicable for the virtual world, hence, we have our favorite tools, which we lovingly call an Emoji or an Emoticon. To keep our ’emotion expression’ game strong on the social media platforms — […]
Meditation is good for you. You have read about it and you know its positives. Yet, you have failed to reap its benefits. For many, getting started is the most challenging part. For others, the biggest obstacle is remaining consistent with the new habit. This is why people are gradually turning to meditation apps on […]
Smartphone game lovers are avidly searching for ‘Best Android Games’ all the time. Well, here’s a complete list of Play Store Games for all those enthusiasts who are looking to play the best Android games. Note: The games mentioned here are not in any order of preference. Also, take a look at our other popular […]
Google has started testing a new monthly subscription service on the Play Store called “Play Pass”. According to Android Police, the monthly billing will be $4.99 and the service will offer hundreds of paid Android games and apps for free. As per the official sign-up pages acquired by Android Police (screenshots below), titles grabbed under […]
Did you know there are over 2.6 million apps on the Google Play Store? Imagine the number of essential Android apps slipping through your fingers. Hey Android enthusiasts, fear not! Here is our curated list of must have Android apps for your Android smartphone. Before you move on to our list of useful Android apps, […]
Mobile has become more important part of our life. No one can live without there mobile devices. Users spend most of the time on their mobile and this is the why users want to safeguard from cell phone hacks. Now days users don’t just use mobiles for calling. Rather than they use mobiles for downloading […]
We have seen how many of the Android apps have been caught indulging in malicious practices and the most recent study reveals exactly that. As per a new study, it is suggested that thousands of Android apps can access your data, irrespective of the permission given to the apps to access them. So when we […]
A UK-based software development Collabora has come up with an “experimental containerized Android environment,” which allows Android apps to run in a Linux operating system. Dubbed SPURV, the software is an open source and available to everyone. It will help users run Android apps in the same graphical environment as a system running native applications alongside on desktop Linux. […]
Previously, a survey by Privacy International discovered the exchange of users’ data between various Android apps and Facebook, following which many apps stopped the practices. However, a recent survey suggests that the data collection continues to take place for some other apps. It is suggested that apps such as Yelp, Duolingo, job-hunting app Indeed, a Bible app, as well as two Muslim […]
Electronic mail or e-mail has been in circulation for more than four decades and is still widely used. Whether you use it for an official purpose or a personal one, email has always been a highly effective form of online communication. Considering its importance, it is very likely that an email application will already come […]
In a recent report published by Bleeping Computer, it has been revealed that devices of millions of Android users around the world might have been compromised owing to the popular apps sharing persistent data along with ad IDs. According to AppCensus, well over 18000 applications on Google’s Play Store were found to be in violation of […]
Most Android smartphone users have this doubt if they can use Windows exe programs on the device. Unfortunately, you cannot use it directly or download a .exe files on Android OS. Nevertheless, you can use third party apps that will help you. Before you get into the scene, the million dollar question; why do you […]
When you upload photos for editing on photo editor apps, are you sure that your pictures won’t be misused by the apps? It seems that one can never be sure about Android apps. Google recently removed 29 camera and photo apps that were stealing uploaded photos and pushing full-screen porn ads. Some of the taken […]
Most Android users usually rely on the keyboard app that comes pre-installed on the device. However, there are countless third-party Android keyboard apps on the Google Play Store. These alternative keyboard apps come with fun themes, new features, advanced swiping options, and highly customizable layouts. When it comes to a third-party keyboard app, there is always […]