Google has sought to overturn Epic Games’ earlier court win that would see the tech giant forced to open its app store to third-party marketplaces and payments.
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The malicious wallet-draining app marked “the first time drainers exclusively targeted mobile users,” says Check Point Research.
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A Florida woman, Maria Vaca, has sued Google in a California state court, alleging that a cryptocurrency wallet app she downloaded from the Google Play Store was malicious and resulted in the theft of $5 million in cryptocurrency. Vaca claims the app, Yobit Pro, exploited Google’s marketing that portrayed the Play Store as a secure […]
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Sophoslabs has published a report in which the company claims to have identified at least 25 Android apps published on the official Google Play store that contain script facilitating the ‘cryptojacking’ of users’ computing resources. Also Read: Google Bringing Back Crypto Ads in US and Japan 25 Apps Containing Mining Malware Identified on Google Play Store […]
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The year 2017 was a rather interesting one for Google. This was especially true as far as its Android App Store was concerned. As in previous years, the Play Store saw an influx of malicious applications and nefarious developers. As a result, the parent company took harsh action and delisted over 700,000 troublesome applications. Moreover, it seems over 100,000 developers have had their access revoked as well. This is just a small step in the growing fight against mobile malware-laden apps, though. Cleaning up the Google Play Store As most people expected, cybercriminals have flocked to the mobile ecosystem in recent years. This trend became
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