Malicious Apps

Google finds and removes 20 malicious apps from Play Store accessing private data of users

Google has removed about 20 Android apps from the Play Store after finding out that they contained a multi-stage spyware product

Popular Android apps could be talking behind your back: Study

The apps tested were created by reputable developers and downloaded by many people, among them popular social media, shopping, news and entertainment apps.

Three malicious Android apps that should be deleted right now

These malicious apps include the Durak card game and two other titles. All the three apps together have been installed at least 15 million times.

New software helps identify malicious Android apps

Named 'Chabada', it analyses the description of the app's functionality that can be read in the app store.

Smartphone malware rose by 614 percent in 2013: report

The growth in smartphones and devices has fuelled surge in malicious applications, which grew globally by over 600 percent to 2.76 lakh in the one year ended March 2013, with majority of the devices being targeted running on Android.

Smartphone malware rose by 614 percent in 2013: report

The growth in smartphones and devices has fuelled surge in malicious applications, which grew globally by over 600 percent to 2.76 lakh in the one year ended March 2013, with majority of the devices being targeted running on Android.

Malware on Google Play masquerades as font installing app

When a user installs the app on his phone, it looks like a harmless app that will let him install new fonts on his phone...

Google tightens the noose on Android developers

The Google Play Developer Program Policy has been revised and some strict clauses have been added to take care of spam, sexually explicit material and...