Tag: fake apps
Joker Malware Resurfaces; Over 500,000 Android Users Affected
Breaking into users’ devices via malicious applications is one of the common tactics used by malware authors. Recently, security experts from Pradeo uncovered a...
Beware! Malware Posing as Clubhouse App Making Rounds
Clubhouse, a popular invite-only audio chat app, ran into severe security issues after threat actors allegedly misused the app’s popularity. Security experts recently found...
Google Delists Android App “Barcode Scanner”
Security research firm Malwarebytes claimed that one of its forum users reported about a malicious app “Barcode Scanner” published by LavaBird LTD, which has over...
Why Apple Dropped macOS Big Sur Feature ‘ContentFilterExclusionList’
Apple has dropped a controversial feature from its macOS Big Sur 11.2 beta 2 that allowed 53 of its applications to evade security scans,...
Fake or Real? How to Spot Malicious or Fake Apps
Software applications are no more limited to smartphones; the app ecosystem has expanded from mobiles to watches, laptops, and television. Whether it is Google...
Stalk or Spy? Global Use of Stalkerware Apps Rise Amid COVID-19...
COVID-19 has not only impacted global physical health, but also cyber health. The constant fixation on the Internet is indicative of the stalking behavior,...
FBI Warns About Fake Mobile Banking Apps, Trojans
The FBI recently issued a warning about threat actors targeting users with fake banking apps to compromise bank accounts, as more people are using...
Fake Aarogya Setu Apps Spread Spyware, SonicWall Reports
The threat research team from security firm SonicWall Labs stated that they found multiple fake Aarogya Setu apps carrying spyware components.
Aarogya Setu is a...
