Android – Page 25 – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 07:55:21 +0000

Desde hace años, los desarrolladores de aplicaciones móviles incluyen dentro de su programación un código publicitario, como una forma de ayudar a sufragar los costes del desarrollo de dicha app. Sin embargo, algunos desarrolladores simplemente utilizan las aplicaciones como una plataforma abusiva desde la que introducir anuncios en los dispositivos móviles de los usuarios. Recientemente, […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/B2Oy8PVRVNs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

QuickHeal Security

October 10, 2019 admin

Which Antivirus to choose for protecting my Android phone?

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:07:36 +0000

Smartphones are taking the market by storm and so are the rising mobile malware attacks! As per reports by Quick Heal Security Labs, the last quarter clocked around 2,22000+ malware hits across our Android AV customers, all of which got blocked at the right time. This goes on to explain…

Security Sophos

October 8, 2019 admin

Icon-hiding Android adware returns to the Play Market

Credit to Author: Pankaj Kohli| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:00:37 +0000

Adware apps attempt to evade easy removal by, literally, hiding their app icons from users<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/CXlzdUIihFw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

October 7, 2019 admin

Android-Gratis-Apps: Abzocke mit horrenden Folgegebühren

Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 12:25:06 +0000

Im Rahmen seiner Suche nach kriminellen Machenschaften im Netz sind die SophosLabs auf eine weitere Masche unseriöser App-Entwickler gestoßen, die trotz ihrer eindeutigen Betrugsabsicht mehr oder weniger unbehelligt ihr Unwesen treiben kann: Die Forscher haben auf Google Play eine ganze Reihe von Alltagsanwendungen gefunden, die scheinbar nur zu dem einzigen Zweck angeboten werden, die Nutzer […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/NIRV0y1BTl8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

QuickHeal Security

September 24, 2019 admin

Quick Heal reports 29 malicious apps with 10 million+ downloads on Google Play Store

Credit to Author: Digvijay Mane| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:44:54 +0000

Quick Heal Security Labs reported 29 malicious apps found on Google Play Store, which have a collective download count of more than 10 Millions. Google was quick enough to remove these malicious apps from Play Store immediately. One of the Apps from this set, named “Multiapp multiple accounts simultaneously” has crossed 5 million…

Kaspersky Security

September 11, 2019 admin

All apps on Google Play are safe: Fact or fiction?

Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:39:27 +0000

There’s no malware in the official Android store, right? We get to the bottom of this claim.

MalwareBytes Security

September 10, 2019 admin

300 shades of gray: a look into free mobile VPN apps

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:41:45 +0000

Mobile VPN apps are one of the best tools for protecting user privacy. Unfortunately, a notable number of are deemed unsafe. Read on to find out how to assess the best mobile VPN for you.

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ComputerWorld Independent

September 10, 2019 admin

How to take full advantage of Android 10's privacy-reclaiming powers

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 08:23:00 -0700

Well, gang, it’s here. In case you’ve been hibernating over the past week (or maybe just, ahem, on an unfortunately timed week off), Google brought Android 10 into this wacky ol’ world of ours this past Tuesday.

There’s really only so much to say about the Android 10 basics at this point — because, quite frankly, it’s the same software we’ve seen evolving in plain view over the past several months.

Yes, Android 10 has new gestures for getting around your phone. Yes, it has a new system-wide switch for making the entire operating system dark. And yes, it has a nifty new Focus Mode for limiting distractions on an app-by-app basis.

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