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Privacy professionals
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

WhatsApp notifies hundreds of users who installed a fake app that was actually government spyware | TechCrunch

WhatsApp notified 200 users about a malicious fake app containing spyware created by Italian firm SIO.
Information security
fromTechCrunch
3 months ago

Google says its AI systems helped deter Play Store malware in 2025 | TechCrunch

In 2025 fewer malicious apps targeted Google Play as stronger AI-driven defenses, developer verification, and over 10,000 safety checks reduced policy violations and banned accounts.
fromThe Mirror US
6 months ago

Android phones at risk as experts advises apps to delete amid cyber attack

HUMAN's Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team has uncovered and disrupted a sophisticated ad fraud and click fraud operation dubbed SlopAds. The threat actors behind SlopAds operate a collection of 224 apps and growing, collectively downloaded from Google Play more than 38 million times across 228 countries and territories. These apps deliver their fraud payload using steganography and create hidden WebViews to navigate to threat actor-owned cashout sites, generating fraudulent ad impressions and clicks.
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Privacy professionals
fromForbes
10 months ago

Google Play Store Warning-Find And Delete All Apps On This List

Users should delete over 350 malicious apps identified by Human Security's Satori team that generate unwanted ad requests.
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