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Short Bytes: Third party app stores cannot always guarantee the user safety with each app they hand out to a user. On the other hand, app giant like Google Play is famous for providing security against the malicious apps. According to the latest research by Trend Micro, a new malware has been spotted in the […]
Short Bytes: Attackers are now using an android malware app which camouflages itself as a Microsoft Word document. The malware once triggered, scans all of the smartphone’s data and sends it to the hacker via email. The Android malware doesn’t uninstall easily as well. Malware is one of the oldest tricks of attacking and stealing data by […]
Do you love playing games on your Android tablet and smartphone? Well, the innocent games you play, could be a route to bring some notorious malware to your devices. The researchers of security firm ESET have recently revealed that games Cowboy Adventure and Jump Chess have compromised the login information of about 1 million users. […]
Android phones have now become a source of income for the cyber criminals. The cyber criminals have began a new type of carry out a new type of cyber crime through android phones known as ransomware. It’s not a new type of crime, there have been several cases related to it in the recent past. […]
When it comes to malwares, often it is android which are most affected. Often in headlines we find some malware found in the Android devices. So, it would not be shocking news for a tech-lover when I say another malware found in android. But, it will become shocking when I add the fact that 99 […]
The “sophisticated” malware for Android has been “unleashed”. Identified by the company specializes in cyber security Kaspersky, the Trojan “Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a” is a threat virtually impossible to be eliminated. The virus is very dangerous both for those who are infected and for the contacts of that affected person. The malware installs itself not only on the device itself but can send malicious files to […]
A Russian based anti-virus solution providing company Doctor Web has issued a warning about a new Android virus that intercepts inbound text messages and forward them to hackers. Android.Pincer.2.origin Trojan can easily bluff the two step verification step set against the system as a security precaution by social media platforms and email service providers. Doctor Web […]
Kaspersky, one of the leading security firms around the world has found something shocking in one of the android apps, which is said to be designed to free some memory from the device. But, instead the app is sort of a malware designed to exploit any operating system attached to the device. You might be […]