When a company is as massive as any one of the Frightful Five, the bad news is it’s inevitable that some things will slip under the radar. Apple and Amazon learned that the hard way this week as partners called them out on fake apps...
Apple pulled a paid iOS app from its App Store on Monday (Dec. 11) after MyEtherWallet, a free app to store digital currencies, complained the paid version had appropriated its name. According to a report in Reuters, MyEtherWallet said on Sunday via Twitter that the...
Google’s app store was infiltrated by a fake WhatsApp application late last week that more than 1 million people downloaded. According to a news report in Forbes, citing security researchers who have been warning for years about the prevalence of fake apps in Google’s app...
Tricking someone into clicking on a fake website and turning over their personal data has been a favorite scam of hackers, and it doesn’t seem to be abating, with security firm Cyren reporting a fake Michael Kors shopping website coming in as the highest volume...
January 08, 2019
An active adware has been detected on the Google Play store that can display full-screen ads, monitor when a device’s screen is unlocked, and run in the mobile device’s background. Trend Micro detected the adware — AndroidOS_HidenAd — disguised as 85 game, TV, and remote control simulator apps on the Google Play store. The apps […]
December 12, 2017
Apple pulled a paid iOS app from its App Store on Monday (Dec. 11) after MyEtherWallet, a free app to store digital currencies, complained the paid version had appropriated its...
November 07, 2017
Google’s app store was infiltrated by a fake WhatsApp application late last week that more than 1 million people downloaded. According to a news report in Forbes, citing security researchers...
December 23, 2016
Tricking someone into clicking on a fake website and turning over their personal data has been a favorite scam of hackers, and it doesn’t seem to be abating, with security...
