Mozilla finds mental health apps fail ‘spectacularly’ at user security, data policies
An investigation into mental health and prayer apps has revealed a disturbing lack of concern surrounding user security and privacy. On Monday, Mozilla released...
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1.2 Million Bad Apps Blocked From Reaching Google Play in 2021
Google claims that it prevented 1.2 million bad applications from reaching Google Play in 2021, but cybercriminals are still finding ways to deliver malware...
Google’s New Safety Section Shows What Data Android Apps Collect About Users
Google on Tuesday officially began rolling out a new “Data safety” section for Android apps on the Play Store to highlight the type of...
Your Android apps are tracking you. Here’s how to stop them
Duck Duck Go started out as a privacy-focused search engine. It obviously had (and still has) seriously stiff competition with Google. But the company...
Sideloading iPhone apps creates a security risk says Apple’s Tim Cook, so don’t force us to support it
Apple chief Tim Cook has hit out at proposed competition laws that would force it to allow apps to be downloaded from other app...
Best encrypted messaging apps 2022: Chat privately
While there are a number of messaging apps from which to choose, only a dozen or so have marketplace gravitas. The best-known and most-utilized...
New Octo Banking Trojan Spreading via Fake Apps on Google Play Store
A number of rogue Android apps that have been cumulatively installed from the official Google Play Store more than 50,000 times are being used...
Google Updates Target API Level Requirements for Android Apps
Google this week announced updated target level API requirements for Android applications in an attempt to improve the overall security of the ecosystem. Per...
SharkBot Banking Trojan Resurfaces On Google Play Store Hidden Behind 7 New Apps
As many as seven malicious Android apps discovered on the Google Play Store masqueraded as antivirus solutions to deploy a banking trojan called SharkBot....
Hackers Distributing Fake Shopping Apps to Steal Banking Data of Malaysian Users
Threat actors have been distributing malicious applications under the guise of seemingly harmless shopping apps to target customers of eight Malaysian banks since at...