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Nothing Chats pulled from Google Play

November 21, 2023 - Nothing's new message app Chats has been pulled from Google Play after harsh criticism about security issues.

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Malware on the Google Play store leads to harmful phishing sites

November 1, 2022 - A family of malicious apps from developer Mobile apps Group are listed on Google Play and infected with Android/Trojan.HiddenAds.BTGTHB. In total, four apps are...

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Adware found on Google Play — PDF Reader serving up full screen ads

August 26, 2022 - A PDF reader found on Google Play with over one million downloads is aggressively displaying full screen ads, even when the...

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Google Play’s Data safety section empowers Android users to make informed app choices

April 29, 2022 - Google has launched its new “nutrition labels” for apps, a feature it promised in the spring of 2021. This release came...

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Apps removed from Google Play for harvesting user data

April 12, 2022 - Dozens of apps were removed from the Google Play Store after they were found to be harvesting the data of device...

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Google Play sign-ins can be abused to track another person’s movements

September 1, 2021 - Even people that have been involved in cybersecurity for over 20 years make mistakes. I’m not sure whether that is a...

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Who is to blame for the malicious Barcode Scanner that got on the Google Play store?

February 12, 2021 - In our last blog, Barcode Scanner app on Google Play infects 10 million users with one update, we wrote about a...

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Barcode Scanner app on Google Play infects 10 million users with one update

February 5, 2021 - UPDATE: February 12, 2021 It has come to our attention that there is another bad actor in this story.  Apparently, the...

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Fake Instagram assistance apps found on Google Play are stealing passwords

April 12, 2019 - We all want those Instagram likes and followers. Many apps on Google Play claim they can assist you with that effort....

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Fortnite’s Google Play rebuff sparks security concerns for Android users

September 6, 2018 - There’s been no small outbreak of chaos in mobile land recently, all because of an astonishingly popular game called Fortnite. Here’s...

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