Tag: malicious apps
Gamers on Target! Malicious Fleeceware Apps Affect Minecraft Gamers
Avast, a provider of digital security and privacy products, disclosed a wave of malicious mobile applications in the Google Play Store targeting mobile gamers....
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...
Blur or Focus? Malicious Photo Editing Apps Target Android Devices
The threat intelligence and research team from cybersecurity firm White Ops found a new campaign of malicious photo editing apps on the Google Play...
New PowerShell Malware Increased 688% in Q1 2020: McAfee
Device-to-cloud cybersecurity company McAfee Labs published its report “McAfee COVID-19 Threat Report: July 2020” that detailed the evolution of cybercriminal activities related to COVID-19...
Cerberus – A Banking Trojan Disguised as Currency Converter
Researchers from Avast discovered a malicious Android app “Cerberus” on the Google Play store spreading a banking Trojan. The Trojan was being spread via...
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...
McAfee Report Predicts 2020 to be Year of Mobile Sneak Attacks
McAfee released its Mobile Threat Report 2020, which found that hackers are using hidden mobile apps, third-party login and counterfeit gaming videos to target...
