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Stalkerware

Stalkerware – New Android Spyware Apps Remotely Gain Admin-level Access to Spy Your Activities & Steal The Data

Researchers discovered a new wave of spyware apps named Stalkerware emerging in wide for the past few months that spies victims’ online activities and steal sensitive data from the infected devices. Recently FTC warned that Retina-X developed and sold MobileSpy, PhoneSheriff and TeenShield shared sensitive information about your smartphone activities – such as call history, […]

Android users installed 172 malicious apps 335m times last month

In September alone, over 335 million Android users were tricked into downloading malware-infected apps from the Google Play Store. In all, 172 apps containing threats such as adware and automatic sign-up for fraudulent subscription services circumvented Google’s store security mechanism called Play Protect.  The information was released on Tuesday, October 1st by ESET’s security researcher […]