Malware in fake Fortnite Android apps is already spreading

Malicious websites offering Android versions of Fortnite downloads have been discovered already, just days after the game was officially launched as a beta outside of the Google Play Store. Developer Epic Games had already announced the game would not be available through Google Play, in a move that avoids it having to pay Google’s 30% cut on all purchases made, and instead provides the game as a download through its own website. In a Wired report, the publication found seven websites advertising Fortnite for Android, all of which were then identified to carry malware by security experts Lockout. Upon investigation, the most common malware fools downloaders into visiting websites loaded with ads, on the promise of a code or opportunity...

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How google fights android malware 👀 ⚠️

Did Google score a complete victory against Android malware last year? No. Did it win? Yes. If you just read the headlines, it sounds like Android is a security mess. There's a report about one Android malware program after another. What's not said is that often these Android viruses require a user to be a sucker to get them. But since a sucker is born every minute, Google does its best to stop malware in its tracks. How does Google do this? Google's VP and head of security, Dave Kleidermacher, and Google Play's product manager, Andrew Ahn, explained in a blog post: "While the majority of developers have their audience's best interest at heart, some bad apps and malicious developers do attempt to evade detection and...

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Xafecopy Trojan Will Steal Money From Your Mobile, protect your phone now!

Xafecopy Torjan is a new malware reported by cyber security firm, Kaspersky. As per the report, a new Malware is hitting the technology world which is stealing money from your smartphone. Xafecopy Trojan malware is spreading slowly over the world starting from India. As per the report, over 40% of malware target was found in India. Since, India is becoming more advance with technology, people are more into digital payment services. For that reason, hackers are moving on to this country. img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-41277" data-attachment-id="41277" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-description="Xafecopy Trojan Will Steal Money From Your Mobile, protect your phone now! " data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}"...

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Protect your PC: Ransomware attack increases by two fold in 2017

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500 Android apps blocked from Play Store due to malware

Through the use of an advertising software development kit contained in 500 apps on the Google Play Store, cybercriminals were able to spy on users and even infect their mobile devices with malware.  That's according to security firm Lookout , which discovered that the Android apps in question all had the lgexin ad SDK built into them which gave unauthorised third parties access to user devices.  The apps themselves also managed to be downloaded over 100 million times from the Google Play Store as many of them fell into popular categories such as weather, health and fitness, travel and games.  However, the app developers were likely not responsible for the malware added by the cybercriminals and this is...

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