You should never use these apps on your phone. getty Republished on June 29 with additional analysis on the national security threat. Tens of millions of Android and iPhone users are being warned they have installed free apps that leave them at serious risk. Those users could now be sending their sensitive data to companies…
Why you need to delete these apps. getty It’s one of the most outlandish threats facing smartphone users today. Apps that you think make your phone safer and more secure actually put you, your device and your data at risk. Now a new list has been released of apps you should delete. Your smartphone is…
Do not take this risk with your phone getty It’s the least surprising news of the week. A new report has just warned that a raft of free apps being installed by huge numbers of iPhone and Android users from the official Apple and Google stores are much more dangerous than you’d expect. You could…
Do not take these risks. getty Google’s mission to secure Android continues, narrowing the gap to iPhone. But that can never fully succeed unless and until user behaviors change. That’s the stark takeaway from Google’s update this week, and it must be taken seriously. Google says that last year its “AI-powered threat detection and other…
What’s going wrong with Play Store AFP via Getty Images What’s going wrong with Play Store? Google has had its finger firmly on the delete button this month, with multiple threats bypassing its defenses and confirmations it has already removed hundreds of them. But given the advice that users should trust Play Store instead of…
Another day, another Play Store deletion. NurPhoto via Getty Images Republished on March 15th with a new report highlighting dangerous apps. What a week for Play Store. Google has been busy with its delete button, with multiple threats sneaking their way inside Android’s best secured app vault. Not a good look. And all this has…
Another day, another Play Store deletion. NurPhoto via Getty Images What a week for Play Store. Google has been busy with its delete button, with multiple threats sneaking their way inside Android’s best secured app vault. Not a good look. And all this has come hot on the tail of the latest warning that Android…
What happens if Play Store is not real? NurPhoto via Getty Images Google is building higher fences around its Play Store, as the fast and loose world of sideloading comes under increasing pressure. If Android is to narrow the security gap to iPhone, then this is a key challenge. This month we have already seen…
New deletion warning NurPhoto via Getty Images Google has its finger on the delete button — and that’s a good thing. Twice in just a few days, security researchers have called out the speed with which Google’s team removes threats from its Play Store. Yes, they should not have been there in the first place,…
New Play Store warning NurPhoto via Getty Images Coming just 24-hours after Google’s latest warning that Android is under attack, a new report has uncovered an “extensive and sophisticated ad fraud scheme” that has amassed more than 56 million downloads for 180 malicious apps. Google has now deleted all these apps from its Play Store,…