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The EventBot Trojan virus may masquerade as a legitimate application such as Microsoft Word, Adobe flash and third-party applications to infiltrate a user’s device

Alert, Android users! Malware stalking cyberspace

The Trojan virus EventBot targets over 200 financial applications, including money-transfer services and cryptocurrency wallets

14 May 2020 8:29 PM

The minister said Kadaknath breed is known for its taste and nourishment value, especially high percentage of protein. (Photo: KadaknathChicken | Facebook)

Black chicken, home-delivered, with Madhya Pradesh’s ‘Kadaknath’ app

The 'MP Kadaknath' mobile app aims to connect poultries that sale the breed with people from other parts of the country.

29 Mar 2018 8:47 AM

Some smartphone games could be listening to sounds using the mic and store your sensitive information.Photo: Pixabay (Representational Image))

Your Android games could be secretly tracking you

Did you know that the games which you maybe playing on your Android phone are discreetly using your microphone to track your TV habits?

03 Jan 2018 5:24 PM

Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia looks on while Finance Ministry Arun Jaitley browses through 'GST Rates Finder' mobile app. (Photo: Finance Ministry)

GST Rates Finder mobile app: Ten things to know

At present mobile app can be downloaded from Google Playstore and later on iOS platoform as well.

08 Jul 2017 3:13 PM

The funny thing about this Trojan-infected game was that it was never successful in asking servers to send malicious software to the device.

Beware of this malicious Android game

The game called ‘Colourblock’ has a nasty Trojan embedded in its source code and has been removed from the PlayStore.

09 Jun 2017 5:35 PM

Android and iOS are not affected by any kind of ransomware from the world of PCs.

Fake WannaCry apps clogging PlayStore

Despite immense awareness measures, people still confuse WannaCry to be an all-platform malware.

25 May 2017 5:16 PM

57 apps made it to the finals across 12 categories. In the end, the best 12 were awarded the title of the app an Android user should try this year for sure

These are the best Android Apps for 2017: Google

The 2017 Google Play Awards were announced at this year’s I/O conference and picked up a diverse collection of winning apps.

20 May 2017 5:04 PM

The pinned chats feature lets the user fix chats of up to three contacts on top of any other chat.

New 'pinned chats' feature rolls on WhatsApp for Android

The new feature, initially available to Beta users, lets users keep important chats on top.

19 May 2017 12:10 PM

The latest update overhauls the My Apps section of the store, which intends to make app management easier.

Google revamps the PlayStore's "My Apps" section

Google’s new UI implementation intends to make your app management a bit easier from the PlayStore.

21 Apr 2017 5:05 PM

You have to speak, sing or even hum to make the chicken move and shout to make it jump over the obstacles.

Get ready to scream at your smartphone

Viral "Chicken Scream" makes its players hum, sing and shout to play the game.

19 Apr 2017 11:09 AM

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