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Banking Malware Masked as PayPal App Targeting Android Users

Hackers are targeting users with fake PayPal app update email which actually comes with an embedded link of an Android banking malware. Recently, an email circulation has been let loose by hackers. This email looks quite official in design and content, asking the recipient to update their Android PayPal app. If the users click on the […]

YiSpecter- Latest Malware Hits iOS Devices

YiSpecter malware infects iOS devices by exploiting private APIs — Reports suggest, Chinese and Taiwanese users of iOS devices have been affected the most. According to a research report from a cybersecurity firm Palo Alto, YiSpecter uninstalls apps that it doesn’t deem necessary as soon as it gets installed on the Apple iOS device. 1. The malware replaces genuine apps with fake […]

Android Malware Disguises as PayPal App

A recent spam campaign is leading users to a fake PayPal app which steals their real credentials, but also comes hard-coded to target other mobile banking applications. With more and more smartphones being produced and sold around the world, users are changing their daily habits, and instead of checking bank accounts from their desktops, laptops, […]

IQ Testing App infected One Million Android devices with Malware

Now you cannot test your IQ without getting your mobile compromised — The malicious new Android app has already infected more than 1 million users —This sinister app is available at Google Play Store and easily evades detection.   The Brain Test Android app available at Google’s Play Store is not your regular IQ testing utility […]

How To Remove Pre-Installed Apps on Windows 10

Many users might hate these pre-installed apps in Windows 10, so we have made an article on How To Remove Pre-Installed Apps On Windows 10. This articles helps you to delete all the pre-installed apps on Windows 10 one by one or all at a time with a single command. You need administrator privileges to […]

Android Devices in Danger! New Vulnerability Can Make Them Lifeless

Trend Micro has discovered a new vulnerability in the Android media service just days after the identification of Stagefright bug by Zimperium. This newly discovered vulnerability can make the phone crash constantly and stop responding to user commands. The difference between this new vulnerability and the Stagefright bug is that the latter’s scope is quite […]

Beware of Fake Apps: Google Deletes Fake BatteryBot Pro Malware App

Last week we reported hackers are developing Android malware every 17 seconds, making it one of the most vulnerable OS ever. Now a spoofed copy of the popular app named as “BatteryBot Pro” requested unnecessary permissions from the user during installation in an attempt to get full control over the user’s Android device, a researcher […]

iOS 9 will Delete Your Existing Apps to Make Room for Updates

A MacRumors Forum user has stumbled upon the fact that when installing the iOS 9 (beta version), the operating system will delete your third-party apps as a way of making space for the update. The revelation came by way of a pop-up that informed the user that deleted apps would be reinstated once the update […]

Apps will Automatically Detect Malware in Windows 10

Software developers will have the opportunity to integrate their application to any antimalrware program (available on their computer) in windows 10.  Microsoft will be offering a totally new mechanism in its Windows 10, which will allow software developers to embed their apps with almost any antimalware program existing on the user’s computer. This new mechanism […]

This Smartphone app can be a potential life saver during earthquake

The earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale that hit Nepal on April 25 and caused 8000 plus casualties and rendered tens of thousands hurt and hundreds of thousands homeless. In case of a natural disaster, minutes and even seconds can save lives. The developers of this new smartphone app are focusing on: those precious seconds in […]

ACLU California Launches Police monitoring and recording app

It has been almost 25 years, but the infamous video of ‘Rodney King being beaten up by L.A. police officers’ is still fresh in many memories. This year, a similar video captured through cellphone by a local man was uploaded to Facebook, it showed a fatal police shooting by L.A.P.D. the video went viral and […]

New Samsung App Assists Alzheimer’s Patients Remember Their Loved Ones

The importance of a Smartphone was redefined when Azer Jaafoura along with his team members thought about helping Alzheimer’s patients a year back at SETN commonly known as Samsung Electronics Tunisia but due to time constraint and their volunteer work at a children’s hospital, they were unable to do so. In their willingness to make […]

How To Enable Guest Mode On Android

Android 5.0 Lollipop lets you quickly switch to a separate guest profile. This guest user will not contain your personal data like apps, contacts, messages, google account and few more. How To Enable Guest Mode On Android Swipe down from the top of the screen to view the notification bar. Then click two times on […]

Woman Suing Google For Losing “thousands” due to Google Play Store hack

Susan Harvey claims Google never reimbursed her even after admitting that she did not make the purchases. Madera, CA-based woman Susan Harvey has filed a lawsuit against Google recently. She has accused Google of not reimbursing her after she lost thousands of dollars over a 16month period when her Google Play Store account got hacked. […]

New Android App Lets You Unlock Your Phone with Your Voice

The new “Trusted Voice” Android app allows you to unlock your smartphone with your own voice — No pin, no password, just your voice. Trusted Face app, which detects your authenticity through facial recognition or a Trusted Device connection, already has helped you skip the conventional lock screen. And now, Google has added another smart lock […]

Mobilize to socialize: Facebook Integrates WhatsApp into ‘Facebook for Android’

First look of WhatsApp’s Integration on Facebook for Android Finally Revealed. Fans have waited for more than a year to get the first glimpse of Facebook’s maiden integration with WhatsApp. Recently, we disclosed WhatsApp’s idea to integrate voice calls into the app’s features and now this is big news for the fans. After buying WhatsApp, Facebook […]

Apple removes antivirus apps from iOS App Store

Apple is deleting antivirus and antimalware apps from its iOS App Store without official warning or announcement.  It seems that Apple has given up on apps in the Apple store that are related to antivirus or antimalware. There has not been any official announcement made by Apple on this change of policy as such. However, […]

An App that Helps Blind People Traverse London’s Tube via Sound

One of London’s tube stations will become more accessible for vision impaired and blind travelers by an amazing new Bluetooth setup. According to a visually impaired researcher who worked on the project, Courteny Nugent, “when we go to stations, we have to wait around for assistance if there’s no assistant—waiting a considerable amount of time. […]