A Google Play app with more than 10,000 downloads carried remote access trojan
According to a security firm, a malicious program downloaded more than 10,000 times from Google Play installed a remote access malware that collected users' passwords, text messages, and other private data.
The trojan, which goes by the aliases TeaBot and Anatsa, was discovered in May of last ye... Read more
Google Play apps with 300,000 downloads stole user credentials
Researchers say they've found a batch of apps on the Google Play Store downloaded more than 300,000 times before they were shown to have trojans that siphoned passwords, 2FA (two-factor authentication) codes, took screenshots, and logged keystrokes.
The apps pose as PDF scanners, cryptocurrency ... Read more
One billion downloads for Google video call app Duo
Google's app for video calling, Duo, has recently reached the magical number of more than 1 billion downloads, according to statistics from the Google Play Store. It is striking that this video call app is more successful than the messaging app Allo, which was launched at the same time.
According to... Read more