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Researchers from HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence team found a new adware operation named ‘Scylla’, which is the third wave of an attack reported in August 2019 dubbed ‘Poseidon’. The second wave, indeed from the same threat actor, was called ‘Charybdis’ and cropped up in late 2020. Reports say Apps related with Scylla operation have been […]
If you remember in September 2018, we came across a report from Nightwatch Cybersecurity regarding a security vulnerability in Android that allowed malicious apps to bypass permissions checks, and as a result, gain access to reading the information, including the location of the device. According to Nightwatch Cybersecurity, the vulnerability affects all versions of Android […]
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 […]
The State Bank of India (SBI) is giving out warnings to all its bank account holders of a recent WhatsApp scam which steals money from users by deceiving them to share their bank details. It is suggested that some of the SBI account holders have received a WhatsApp message in the form of OTP-related advice […]
There are several malicious apps on the Google Play Store that can steal your bank info like login credentials and send fake texts to extract sensitive information. These apps masquerade as battery managers, cleaners, device boosters, and even horoscope-themed apps. Usually, such malicious apps impersonate legitimate banks and display bogus login screens to steal your […]
Seven malicious apps reappeared in Play store with slightly different names under a new publisher account. Those malicious apps are already reported to Google by Symantec researchers and the original apps were already removed. The malware Android.Reputation.1 found hidden at least in seven of apps in the U.S. that offered fun and cool features. The […]