adware

More than 60,000 Android apps posing as legitimate software have been secretly infecting the devices of unsuspecting users with adware over the course of the last six months.As reported by…

Even if you’re downloading new Android apps from an official app store like the Google Play Store, you still need to be careful as bad apps do manage to slip past Google’s defenses from…

Google has reportedly removed 16 apps from the Play Store that were causing faster battery drain and higher network usage on users' devices. The applications, which were identified by a…

We often write about malicious Android apps on Google’s Play Store, but Apple’s App Store is typically more secure. Of course, that doesn’t mean that it’s impenetrable, as we’ve noted…

Adware and other malicious apps often manage to slip past Google’s defenses and end up on the Play Store, but this time around, some bad apps also managed to bypass Apple’s more stringent…

Every week or so, Android users get yet another reminder about why it’s so important to vet every app they download. This week, the IT security vendor Doctor Web shared its June 2022…