Tag: Android

Legitimate Android app iRecorder turns malicious within a year, spies on its users, ESET Research discovers

May 23, 2023

As a Google App Defense Alliance partner, ESET detected a trojanized app available on the Google Play Store and named the AhMyth-based malware it contained AhRat. ESET researchers have discovered a trojanized Android app named iRecorder – Screen Recorder. It was available on Google Play as a legitimate app in September 2021, with malicious functionality … More Legitimate Android app iRecorder turns malicious within a year, spies on its users, ESET Research discovers

Android phones are vulnerable to fingerprint brute-force attacks

May 22, 2023

Bleeping computer reports* that Researchers at Tencent Labs and Zhejiang University have presented a new attack called ‘BrutePrint,’ which brute-forces fingerprints on modern smartphones to bypass user authentication and take control of the device. Brute-force attacks rely on many trial-and-error attempts to crack a code, key, or password and gain unauthorized access to accounts, systems, … More Android phones are vulnerable to fingerprint brute-force attacks

Google now requires Android apps to let you delete your account

April 6, 2023

BGR* reports that deleting your account and scrubbing your personal data from a mobile app is often frustrating at best and impossible at worst. Google wants to improve that. Bethel Otuteye, senior director of Android App Safety, explained in a blog post Wednesday that the Google Play store’s new data deletion policy will give users … More Google now requires Android apps to let you delete your account

ESET Podcast: Ransomware trashed data, Android threats soared in T3 2022

February 28, 2023

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the trends that defined the cyberthreat landscape in the final four months of 2022. Data from the latest ESET Threat Report, which provides an in-depth look at the threat landscape from September to December 2022, confirmed several previously observed trends. The key of them … More ESET Podcast: Ransomware trashed data, Android threats soared in T3 2022

ChatGPT Clone Apps Collecting Personal Data on iOS, Play Store

February 1, 2023

According to Hackread, Several fake ChatGPT clone apps have surfaced on the official iOS and Play Stores, collecting user data and sending it to remote servers. On Android devices, one of the apps analyzed by researchers has more than 100,000 downloads, tracks, and shares location data with ByteDance and Amazon, etc. ChatGPT has been exploded … More ChatGPT Clone Apps Collecting Personal Data on iOS, Play Store