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Researchers uncovered a new malicious Android app from the Google play store that disguised as a Photo Beautification App steal the SMS verification code and activate the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) billing. Since earlier this year, Google made various changes in permission requests for the app for restricting access to the call, and SMS permission […]
Google has removed 29 malicious adware apps that have more than 10 million downloads from the Google play store. These malicious apps are listed as camera filter, makeup apps, and apps used to create multiple accounts. Among other apps “Multi app multiple accounts simultaneously” is the most downloaded app, it alone has more than 5 […]
Researchers discovered a fully equipped Android RAT called “BRATA” that exclusively attacking the Android users in Brazil and launching via different sources including WhatsApp, SMS, and sponsor links in Google Search. Attackers spreading this BRATA Android RAT since January 2019, initially hosted in Google play store and, some of the other 3rd party app stores. […]
Google has removed over 85 adware-ridden Android apps from Google Play Store following a Trend Micro report. These apps, disguised as photo-editing and gaming apps, were downloaded more than eight million times from Google Play. TrendMicro has mentioned all the 85 adware apps in this list. Adware apps focus on throwing full-screen ads on your […]
Researchers discovered new malicious Android apps from Google Play Store bypassing SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) mechanisms and steal the OTP without SMS’s permission. Google recently restrict other apps to use of high risk or sensitive permissions, including the SMS or Call Log in March 2019 that leads malware and credentials stealing apps lost its permissions. Newly uncovered malicious apps […]
More than 50 malicious apps with more than 30 Million installations found on Google play, that display annoying ads and in some cases, it convinces the user to install other apps. According to Avast, all the malicious apps are linked together using the third party Android libraries to bypasses background restrictions with the newer versions […]
Researchers discovered a new Android Malware called “BasBanke” targeting Brazilian users to steals financial related sensitive data such as credentials and credit/debit card numbers. BasBanke Malware continuously infects users since 2018 Brazilian elections using various malicious apps that downloaded over 10,000 times from Google Play Store till the date. Malware authors abusing Facebook and WhatsApp […]
As we can remember, Google uses its strong influence in the market in order to get ahead of their competition in the advert market, something that enters the territory of antitrust behavior. Add to that the Google search protocol prevents rival adverts, that is something that the European Union cannot overlook, as they slapped the […]
SimBad, a massive adware campaign discovered in Google playstore from more than 200 malicious apps that have been downloaded by nearly 150 million times. Most of the Infected Malicious apps are belongs to simulator games category and these apps creating extremely annoying ads and displaying outside of the app which let users difficult to uninstall […]
Lately, there have been a series of reports of Google removing fraudulent Android apps on the Google Play Store. Now, the company has come up with the results of its continued efforts. In a 2018-in-review announcement, Andrew Ahn, Product Manager at Google Play, said that Play Store app suspensions went up by 66% as compared to last year. He attributes the “fight against bad […]
Google has removed over 85 popular apps after Trend Micro reported them as adware. The apps which were downloaded over nine million times, in total contained a common strain of adware, as reported by ZDNet. The fraudulent Android apps, disguised as game apps, TV apps, remote control simulator apps, were available under different Google Play Store categories. According […]
It seems like Google’s crackdown on developers and refining the Play Store was only a drop in the bucket; the problem seems much bigger than anticipated. Today, a security researcher at ESET, Lukas Stefanko, called out thirteen Google Play Store apps which were originally malware disguising themselves under the name of the driving game for Android. The Android […]
Bad news again for Google Play Store, four more fake, malicious cryptocurrency apps have been identified this week. HackerCombat had reported, two days ago, of a Trojanized app with more than 5,000 installs being detected in the Google Play store. Now, four more fake apps have been discovered, and that too by the same security […]
Newly discovered android based GPlayed Malware posed as Google Play app with sophisticated futures to spy android phone and steal sensitive information. GPlayed malware contains various built-in capabilities and it is very similar to the Google play store App that label as “Google Play Marketplace”. One of the extremely powerful capability is to adapt after the deployment […]
Hackers uploaded finance based fake apps into the Google play store to steal credit card details and login credentials to the targeted bank or service. The malicious apps found to be uploaded into the Google play in June 2018 and they have been downloaded thousands of times. These malicious apps use bogus phish forms to […]
Beware while downloading Fortnite on your Android device because you may end up getting your device infected with malware. According to the analysis of Lookout cyber-security firm’s researchers Adam Bauer and Christoph Hebeisen, whoever downloads the recently released Android Fortnite on a mobile phone will be at risk of malware infection. The reason is that […]
It was over three months ago that Google removed 36 fake security apps from Google Play. This happened after these apps were flagged by Trend Micro researchers… These apps would pose as legitimate security solutions and do the tasks- scanning, cleaning etc- that they claimed to be capable of doing, but at the same time […]
The IT security researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have identified an Android malware that has been dubbed as HenBox. The name HenBox has been chosen due to the metadata discovered in a majority of the infected apps including package name and signer information. This malware is distributed with different types of legitimate Android […]
It’s a common habit of humans and companies to flaunt their achievements every new year. Google has just announced that it managed to wipe out around 700,000 bad apps from Google Play in 2017. For their mass takedown of bad Android apps categorized as copycats, apps with inappropriate content, and potentially harmful apps (PHA), Google credits their […]
Cybercriminals started focussing on game apps which are used by children to install fake apps, registering premium services and porn ads. Security researchers from checkpoint identified the malicious code dubbed “AdultSwine” hides into more than 60 game apps and they are downloaded between 3 million and 7 million times. How does it Displaying Porn Ads […]
A new adware spotted in Google play contains scripts to overrides the user decision and disable ads outside of legitimate context. It hides icon which makes the detection and removal process difficult. The malware Dubbed LightsOut spotted by checkpoint security researchers and notified to Google, who removed the apps from the play store now.The Malware […]