Just last month, security researchers at SonicWall Capture Labs discovered malicious apps masquerading as Google, Instagram, WhatsApp, and X (formerly Twitter). These fake apps can inadvertently be ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

A previously undocumented Android malware named 'LianSpy' has been discovered targeting Russian users, posing on phones as an Alipay app or a system service to evade detection. Analysis shows that ...

Every now and then, we learn about malicious Android apps sneaking their way onto the Play Store. The most recent discovery, however, concerns two Play Store apps containing a malware Trojan that has ...

A previously unknown Android backdoor named 'Xamalicious' has infected approximately 338,300 devices via malicious apps on Google Play, Android's official app store. McAfee, a member of the App ...

Crocodilus malware is a recent threat targeting Android cellular devices. It focuses on apps linked to financial assets, including crypto wallets and banking platforms. Crocodilus gains access to the ...

A piece of malware on the Google Play Store may have infected 11 million Android devices, according to new research from antivirus provider Kaspersky. The malware, dubbed “Necro Trojan,” was found in ...

The company's '2020 State of Malware' report shows Mac jumping ahead of Windows when it comes to average number of threats; consumer threat detections are down overall, but business threats are way up ...

An Android banking malware attack is tricking people into entering their phone number and other sensitive information into phishing websites – which cyber criminals then use to call victims and dupe ...

Hacking keeps evolving, just like any other profession. Cybercriminals are always upgrading their tools, especially malware, to find new ways to scam people and steal data or money. The old tricks no ...