There’s been no small outbreak of chaos in mobile land recently, all because of an astonishingly popular game called Fortnite. Here’s…
Tag: Google Play
Mobile Menace Monday: FakeGift is the gift that keeps on frustrating
Last spring, we found yet another piece of riskware on Google Play we call Android/PUP.Riskware.FakeGift. Based on Hindi characters found in…
Kotlin-based malicious apps penetrate Google market
An open-source programming language, Kotlin is a fully-supported official programming language for Android. Google boasts that Kotlin contains safety features in…
A week in security (January 8 – January 14)
It’s very early in the year, yet everyone has already had a complete meltdown (pun intended) over a number of serious…
A week in security (November 13 – November 19)
Last week, we gave you some tips for the inevitable online chaos that is Cyber Monday, explained how “trusted” root certificates…
New Android Trojan malware discovered in Google Play
A new piece of mobile malware has been discovered in Google Play masquerading as multiple apps: an alarm clock app, a…
Phony WhatsApp used Unicode to slip under Google’s radar
After a troubling week for Google not so long ago, the company is under the spotlight once more for missing another…
More trouble in Google Play land
This is not a good week for Google, it seems. After our mobile security experts repeatedly discovered adware on several apps…
Mobile Menace Monday: Fake WannaCry Scanner
With all the buzz around the PC ransomware WannaCry, it’s no surprise that a fake antivirus (FakeAV) has emerged on Google Play….
Mobile Menace Monday: Preinstalled adware and sometimes worse
BLU manufactured mobile devices have been discovered with preinstalled adware known as Android/Adware.YeMobi. Behavior of YeMobi The incriminating behavior of adware YeMobi…