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Researchers have flagged 25 apps on Google Play that are surreptitiously mining cryptocurrency for their developers, and some of these have still not been removed, they warn. …

ESET researchers have discovered malicious apps impersonating various financial services and the Austrian cryptocurrency exchange Bitpanda on Google Play. The fake apps …

Google will start adding security metadata to Android application packages (APKs) distributed via Google Play, so that users with limited internet access can check whether the …

Android users eager to play the increasingly popular Fortnite survival game on their mobile devices are being targeted left and right with malicious apps masquerading as the …

A new targeted surveillance app has been found and booted from Google Play. The app, named Dardesh, posed as a chat application and acted as a downloader for a second app that …

Malicious mobile apps were on the decline in Q4 of 2017 largely due to a decrease in the inventory of AndroidAPKDescargar, the most prolific dealer of blacklisted apps, …

Consumers around the world that use mobile banking apps are at a greater risk of being tricked by cybercriminals and falling victim to mobile banking theft. This is according …

New malware and unwanted apps are discovered on Google Play nearly every day – or so it seems. According to Google’s statistics, in 2017 the company has taken down …

Researchers routinely discover a variety of malicious apps on Google Play, some of which have been downloaded and installed on millions of devices worldwide. Here’s what …

Google has removed some 60+ game apps from Google Play, as they were found to contain code that either delivered inappropriate and pornographic ads, attempted to trick users …

IOActive and Embedi researchers found 147 cybersecurity vulnerabilities in 34 mobile applications used in tandem with SCADA systems. Proof-of-concept Attack on Victim HMI …

Google has recently pulled 36 fake security apps from Google Play, after they’ve been flagged by Trend Micro researchers. Posing as legitimate security solutions, and …