18,000 Android Apps Violate Google’s Ad ID Policies: Analysis
Mobile privacy reasearch group AppCensus has discovered 18,000 Android applications that violate Google Play’s advertising identifier (ad ID) policies and users’ privacy. The ad...
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Tor traffic from individual Android apps detected with 97 percent accuracy
Image: ZDNet, Tor Project Italian academics say they’ve developed an algorithm that can detect the patterns of Android app activity inside Tor traffic with...
Cryptojacking Apps Placed in the Microsoft App Store By Attackers
Security researchers found a cryptomining app in the Microsoft App Store. Researchers say that it was placed in the store between April and December...
Thousands of Android apps permanently record your online activity for ad targeting
At least 17,000 Android applications are creating permanent records of your online activity for advertising purposes even when you ask for such information to...
Microsoft removes eight cryptojacking apps from official store
Image: Symantec Microsoft has removed from the official Microsoft Store eight Windows 10 apps that had been caught mining the Monero cryptocurrency behind users’...
New macOS security flaw lets malicious apps steal your Safari browsing history
A bug in a developer API allows malicious apps installed on macOS Mojave to gain access to a normally protected folder from where attackers...
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New Unpatched macOS Flaw Lets Apps Spy On Your Safari Browsing History
A new security vulnerability has been discovered in the latest version of Apple’s macOS Mojave that could allow a malicious application to access data...
8 Notable iPhone Apps To Download Today
With around 2 million+ apps in the Apple App Store, it is highly difficult to find hidden gems. Here in Hackercombat.com, it is also...
iPhone snooping: Apple cracks down on apps that secretly record taps, keystrokes
Apple plans to crack down on iOS apps that use so-called ‘session replay’, a technology that helps developers understand how people use an app,...
29 camera apps removed from Play Store for stealing users’ info
Google has banned around 29 beauty camera apps on the Play Store as it was discovered that these apps were sending users pornographic content,...