Google Play Store
App Stores OK’ed VPNs Run by China PLA
Richi Jennings | | 360 Security Technology, App Store, App Stores, Apple, CCP, china, china espionage, China-nexus cyber espionage, Chinese, Chinese Communists, Chinese cyber espionage, chinese government, free vpn app, google, Google Play Store, Peoples Republic of China, Privacy, Qihoo 360, SB Blogwatch, Signal Secure VPN, Snap VPN, Tech Transparency Project, Thunder VPN, TikTok, TikTok Ban, Turbo VPN, VPN, VPN Proxy Master
Bad Apple: Chinese firm banned by the U.S. is the shady entity behind a clutch of free VPN apps—with over a million downloads ...
Security Boulevard
Xiaomi and WPS Vulnerabilities: File Overwrite Risks Alert
Wajahat Raja | | android, app-security, Cybersecurity News, Dirty Stream Attack, file overwrite, Google Guidance, Google Play Store, Microsoft Threat Intelligence, Mobile Security, patch management, responsible disclosure, Security Exploits, Vulnerabilities, WPS Office, Xiaomi
In the digital realm, security is paramount, especially when it comes to the applications we use daily. Recently, concerns have surfaced regarding vulnerabilities in popular Android applications available on the Google Play ...
FCC Fines Wireless Carriers $200 million, Google’s Fight Against Malicious Apps
Tom Eston | | apps, ATT, Cyber Security, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, fcc, fines, google, Google Play Store, Information Security, Infosec, location data, malicious apps, Mobile, Play Store, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, T-Mobile, technology, User Location Data, verizon, Weekly Edition, wireless
In episode 328, Tom and Kevin discuss two major cybersecurity and privacy news stories. The first topic covers the FCC issuing fines to major US wireless carriers for sharing users’ real-time location ...
BadBazaar: Chinese Spyware Shams Signal, Telegram Apps
Richi Jennings | | android, android spyware, APT15, BadBazaar, Flygram, google, Google Play Incompetence, Google Play Store, GREF, Lukas Stefanko, Nickel, Samsung, SB Blogwatch, signal, Signal Plus Messenger, spyware, Telegram, Vixen Panda
After sneaking into Google and Samsung app stores, “GREF” APT targets Uyghurs and other PRC minorities ...
Security Boulevard
Arkansas Social Media Consent Law, Android Malware Invasion, New Method of Keyless Car Theft
Tom Eston | | ad fraud, android, Arkansas, Auto Industry, Car manufacturers, Car theft, Child protection, crime, Cyber Security, cyberbullying, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, Google Play Store, Information Security, Infosec, Keyless Entry, malicious apps, Malware, Minors, mobile devices, online safety, Parental consent, Podcast, Podcasts, Privacy, security, social media, technology, Tekya, Vulnerabilities, Weekly Edition
Is Arkansas taking the right step to protect children online? A new law passed in the state makes it illegal for minors to use social media without their parent or guardian’s consent ...
‘See No Evil’ — Mozilla SLAMS Google’s App Privacy Labels
Richi Jennings | | android, Android apps, facebook, google, Google Play Store, Minecraft, Mozilla, Mozilla Foundation, Play Store, Privacy, SB Blogwatch, See no evil, Twitter
Google doesn’t want you to know what your Android apps do with your data. That seems to be the conclusion from a Mozilla study into the Play Store ...
Security Boulevard
More malware-infested apps found in the Google Play store
Graham Cluley | | android, Cyber Security, Featured Articles, Google App Store, Google Play, Google Play Store, malicious application, Malware
Three million Android users may have lost money and had their devices infected by spyware, after the discovery that the official Google Play store has been distributing apps infected by a new ...
Banking Trojan in Google Play App Store—‘2FA Authenticator’ drops Vultur RAT
Richi Jennings | | 2fa, 2FA Authenticator, Aegis, android, banking Trojans, google, Google approved it so it must be fine, Google Play Store, SB Blogwatch, Vultur
An Android app has been found to drop the Vultur remote access Trojan. This “dangerous” and “advanced” banking malware was in the Google Play store. How did that happen? ...
Security Boulevard
Google Removes 25 Malicious Google Play Apps Stealing Facebook Login Credentials
Alina Bizga | | data theft, Digital Privacy, Google Apps, Google Play, Google Play Store, Industry News, Malware
Last month, Google removed 25 Android apps from its Google Play Store after discovering they were stealing users’ Facebook account credentials. The malicious apps, identified by security company Evina, appeared to be ...
Researchers spot 24,000 Android Apps Leaking User Data
Alina Bizga | | android, Android apps, Data leak, Digital Privacy, Google Play, Google Play Store, Industry News
Comparitech researchers led by cybersecurity expert Bob Diachenko have revealed that 24,000 Android Apps expose user information through misconfigurations on Google Firebase, a popular development platform used by roughly 30% of apps ...
