03 Sep

Immediately remove these 6 Android apps infected with notorious Joker malware

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CyberSecurity firm Pradeo has released a list of 6 android apps found to be infected with notorious Joker malware.What is a Joker MalwareA malware is a kind of software or app that is installed on users devices without their knowledge. Once the software or app is installed on a device, they hide themselves and often run in the background. Talking about the Joker malware, Google has removed over 1700 apps infected with Joker (categorised as Fleeceware), from the Play Store since 2017. The Joker malware steals money from users by subscribing them to paid subscriptions without their consent. Its main…
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28 Jul

Google banned another 19 malicious Android apps, users are advised to delete them immediately

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Google has banned another list of 19 apps from its Play Store. These apps were downloaded millions of times by Android smartphone users around the globe.According to the Threat Intelligence and Research team from White Ops, these 19 apps are capable of filling devices with unwanted and highly irritating adverts.These apps after installing bombarded users with out-of-context interstitial ads as, often referred as Adwares. An interstitial also pops up after the app is closed, rendering twice at intervals of a few seconds apart, as well as when an user uninstalls any other app. There is code present for launching ads…
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