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Kaspersky Labs findings indicate that the attackers behind the malware seek out vulnerable routers for compromise and distribute the malware through a simple yet very effective trick of hijacking the DNS settings of those infected routers.

Malicious apps Play Store reach 300 collective installs

ESET researcher Lukas Stefanko shared an analysis showing 172 harmful apps on the Play Store that had over 335 million...

2 Oct 2019 6:16 PM IST

These apps averaged six dangerous permission requests each. (Photo: Pixabay)

Immediately uninstall these six 'dangerous' Android apps with 1.66...

VPNpro has exposed six free and popular antivirus apps which results in users putting themselves and their precious data...

9 Nov 2019 1:42 PM IST

Named ai.type the application is a customisable keyboard alternative which was actually available on the play store until June 2019, when Google took it down.

Get rid of this Android app that secretly purchases premium content

Used by over 40 million users, ai.type was the cause of over 1,10,000 devices facing secret transactions.

4 Nov 2019 9:38 AM IST

A large number of the download counts originated from Asia, particularly in India. (Photo: Pixabay)

Google pulls down 29 malicious Android apps downloaded many times

Various Google Play apps send the users pornographic content and redirect them to phishing websites to collect their...

5 Feb 2019 10:45 AM IST

As of December 2017, the total number of apps on play store was recorded around a whopping 3.5 million. (Photo: PIxabay)

Google play store gets rid of 29 malicious apps

The apps collectively had over 10 million downloads on the Play Store.

27 Sept 2019 1:05 PM IST

Get Aarogya Setu from Google, Apple app stores only, Pakistan collecting data via fake links: Police

Get Aarogya Setu from Google, Apple app stores only, Pakistan...

Some people have been receiving malicious links via WhatsApp and SMS, the police said in its cyber security alert

6 May 2020 6:11 PM IST