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23 Android apps caught leaking sensitive data of 100 million users

The massive data leak occurred due to misconfigured cloud services used by Android apps with millions of downloads. Personal data of over 100 million Android users were exposed due to misconfigured cloud services. The issue was identified in around 23 applications, which boasted up to 10 million downloads and included internal developer resources. SEE: Warning […]

How To Safeguard Android Apps From Hackers?

It is needless to say that mobile applications are all the hype of this decade and others to come. There are a million applications available across all app stores and hundreds of new applications are published every day. To be precise, an average adult has about 26 to 55 apps in the smartphone device.  This […]

A food delivery app was hacked and customers were billed for food & drinks

According to information security specialists, several users of Deliveroo, a food delivery app, suffered the hacking of their accounts, as the app charged their accounts with hundreds of food and drinks bills that they never actually ordered. One London resident who was affected by the incident claims that an unknown user made purchases at multiple […]

Your Mental Health App Might Be Selling Your Data To Google Or Facebook

With our increasing dependence on smartphones and other electronic gadgets to help us perform our daily chores in a more efficient manner, it makes sense to use them to assist us when dealing with depression and other mental health-related issues. However, a new study has found that such apps can’t be fully trusted — thanks […]

Chrome OS 74 To Bring ‘Audio Output’ Support For Linux Apps

Pixelbooks, which run on Chrome OS, are compatible with Linux apps owing to Google’s Crostini software. However, it is still in beta, and there are many limitations if you are running Linux apps. One of the major limitations is that Linux apps on Chrome OS do not support hardware-accelerated graphics and audio. Google is planning to end […]

Apple To Merge iOS, iPad & Mac Apps By 2021: Bloomberg

Apple revealed its plan to merge iOS, iPad and Mac apps at WWDC last year and is working for quite some time on it under the “Marzipan” project. Now, a Bloomberg report says that Apple has set 2021 as the year by when it will combine all the apps. Apple has already rolled out iOS […]

Epic Could Launch An App Store To End Google And Apple’s Domination

If the app store marketplace is considered, we’re left with only two options — Google Play Store and Apple App Store. However, Epic could soon change the scenario. Many developers and apps, including Netflix and Spotify, are also ditching Google and Apple’s commission cut. Epic launched its own Epic Games Store in December for downloading […]

Over 500k Play Store users have installed 13 games that contain malware

The malicious program could be a cryptocurrency miner, or an adware The Android mobile operating system is one of the most widely used in the world, so multiple threat actors see it as a potentially profitable attack target. In recent days, Lukas Stefanko, a cybersecurity and digital forensics specialist, unveiled the discovery of a malware […]

Hackers Uploaded 130 Malicious Apps on Google Play Store to Generate Illegal Revenue

Cyber Criminals uploaded around 130 malicious Android apps on Google play store that mimics as various well-known applications to generate illegal revenue by promoting paid mobile services. Hackers distributing malicious trojan file as an official application on the “Eldorado” trade network via Google Play store using other software. In this case, researchers uncovered two modified […]

Who’s Reading Your Gmail Messages?

Are any of our online activities private anymore? That’s the question many people asked after news broke that third-party developers read portions of Gmail messages — and sometimes entire conversations. This practice affects millions of inboxes — and people who signed up to get service-related emails such as automated travel planning information or material about […]

Bytecoin cryptocurrency mining malware found in Ubuntu Snap Store

A Github user going by the handle of “Tarwirdur” recently identified a cryptocurrency mining malware in 2048buntu and Hextris apps on Ubuntu Snap Store which is an app store for the recently launched package management system. The malware was found three days ago containing Bytecoin cryptocurrency mining code hidden in the “systemd” background process. Those unaware of Bytecoin, it is a CryptoNote based cryptocurrency with […]

Thousands of Android apps for kids are secretly tracking their activities

Have you ever noticed you are talking about a product you want to buy and moments later advertisements related to that product appears on your desktop or smartphone? Well, that happens because your online activity is being tracked by websites and Android apps. You must have also heard of the famous saying “There is no […]

Millions of apps are exposing sensitive & unencrypted user data

Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab discovered that about 4 million popular mobile apps are unreliable because these use insecure Software Development Kits or SDKs, which leads to leaking of user data in unencrypted form. The leaked data includes private information like name, gender, age, income, email address, device information, GPS data, call history, SMS and […]

HiddenMiner Android Monero Mining Malware Cause Device Failure

Another day, another Android malware – This time, the malware not only comes with Monero mining capabilities but its continuous mining process drains the targeted device. The IT security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a sophisticated Moreno mining malware targeting Android users in the name of fake Google Play update. As of now, its prime […]

42 Android Models infected with data stealing banking trojan

There are 42 cheap Android models currently infected with Triada banking trojan stealing data and intercepting chats from targeted devices. The IT security researchers at Russia-based anti-virus firm Dr.Web have identified 42 low-cost Android devices infected with a dangerous banking trojan that was discovered by the firm in July 2017. The malware aims at stealing personal […]

New Android malware record voice calls for extortion & blackmailing

Another day, another Android malware – This time IT security researchers have discovered a malware which aims at stealing personal data from Android devices, recording live calls and surrounding noises in order to blackmail the victim – Dubbed RedDrop by Wandera researchers, the malware was discovered in 53 applications on third-party app stores including calculators, image editors, […]

Facebook Hacking Android Malware GhostTeam Found in 53 Play Store Apps

Another day, another Android malware targeting those who download apps from Play Store – This time, however, malware aims at hijacking Facebook and Google Play accounts. Trend Micro researchers have identified new Android malware dubbed as GhostTeam. It is capable of stealing Facebook credentials after infecting devices. The malware tricks unsuspecting users into installing it […]

Google has Removed 60 Apps Containing Malicious Software from the Play Store

The malicious software uncovered pornographic ads and attempted to trick users into buying added services, according to Check Point. “We’ve eliminated the apps from Play, disabled the developers’ accounts, and will remain to show strong warnings to anyone that has installed them,” a Google spokesperson said. Dubbed “AdultSwine”, the malware hides inside play apps that […]