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Google removed eight Android apps, with 3M cumulative downloads, from its marketplace for being infected with a Joker spyware variant.
Bleeping Computer
Microsoft security researchers have found high severity vulnerabilities in a framework used by Android apps from multiple large international mobile service providers. [...]
The Hacker News
A new set of trojanized apps spread via the Google Play Store has been observed distributing the notorious Joker malware on compromised Android devices. Joker, a repeat offender, refers to a class of harmful apps that are used for billing and SMS fraud, while also performing a number of actions of a malicious hacker's choice, such as stealing text messages, contact lists, and device information.
The Hacker News
Google on Tuesday officially began rolling out a new "Data safety" section for Android apps on the Play Store to highlight the type of data being collected and shared with third-parties. "Users want to know for what purpose their data is being collected and whether the developer is sharing user data with third parties," Suzanne Frey, Vice President of product for Android security and privacy,
ZDNet Security
If you're looking to block app trackers on Android, Jack Wallen believes the best method is by using Duck Duck Go's App Tracking Protection. Let him walk you through how to make this work.
Bleeping Computer
Mobile malware analysts warn about a set of applications available on the Google Play Store, which collected sensitive user data from over 45 million devices. [...]
Bleeping Computer
Bleeping Computer
Google says that through 2025, it blocked more than 255,000 Android apps from obtaining excessive access to sensitive user data and rejected over 1.75 million apps from being published on Google Play due to policy violations. [...]
The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ad fraud and malvertising operation dubbed Trapdoor targeting Android device users. The activity, per HUMAN's Satori Threat Intelligence and Research Team, encompassed 455 malicious Android apps and 183 threat actor-owned command-and-control (C2) domains, turning the infrastructure into a pipeline for multi-stage fraud. "Users