play store – PossibleThreat Articles

The apps itself isn’t malicious – the treachery lies in the payment model.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/hTaSy5s-eoE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Instagram stalker app Ghosty yanked from Play store

November 20, 2019 0 Comments api, content scraping, facebook, following activity, ghosty, Google, Instagram, like patrol, play store, Privacy, private accounts, Social networks, spyware

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:23:15 +0000

It was sucking up private profiles by requiring users to hand over their logins, giving it access to whatever accounts they follow.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SR3O4ii82mU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google patches bug that let nearby hackers send malware to your phone

November 5, 2019 0 Comments Android, Android apps, APK, apks, Bug, cve-2019-2114, Google, Google Play Store, Mobile, nfc, Operating Systems, play store, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 14:42:47 +0000

Google has patched an Android bug that could have allowed attackers to use NFC to send over a malicious file to the victim’s phone<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9svl-4gT4-I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Some Android adware apps hide icons to make it hard to remove them

October 18, 2019 0 Comments adware, Android, fleeceware, Google, Google Play Store, play store

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:31:24 +0000

SophosLabs has discovered 15 apps on Google Play that install without icons as a ploy to keep themselves on the user’s device.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AoUMvk8i70E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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‘Fleeceware’ Play store apps quietly charging up to $250

September 27, 2019 0 Comments Android, app scam, fleeceware, Google, Google Play Store, Law & order, Mobile, play store, rogue apps, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:16:56 +0000

SophosLabs researchers discovered at least 15 apps with millions of downloads charging extraordinary prices right under the Google’s nose.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/H5gANUVkXYM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google & Apple pushed to reveal gun scope app users’ names to feds

September 10, 2019 0 Comments Android, App Store, Apple, apps, ATN, doj, Google, gun scope, ICE, illegal gun export, iOS, ITAR, Law & order, Mobile, play store, Privacy, rifle scope

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:50:48 +0000

It’s a first: The government has never demanded personal data of a single app’s users from Apple & Google.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SKydWWr9YsM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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