Apps delivering malware to users to steal crypto found on iOS app store Some of these apps have thousands of installs across iOS and Android The 'SparkCat' campaign has been active since March 2024 ...

Palo Alto Networks reported more than 50 infected apps, some of which are fairly popular. The malware-infused apps include WeChat, WinZip, and CamCard Scanner among others.

An “emotionally manipulative” extortion campaign has been spotted leveraging hundreds of mobile apps across mobile ecosystems ...

Are you confident that the apps on your smartphone are safe? Think again. Cybercriminals exploit loopholes in mobile app store security, unleashing a new breed of malicious apps onto unsuspecting ...

Electron: Quietly Buzzing for Years Researchers said that the first hint of the attackers having trespassed into Microsoft’s app store came at the end of 2018, when an ad-clicker campaign was ...

On App Store, the Trojan pretended to be an app related to cryptocurrencies — 币coin. On phishing pages mimicking the official iPhone App Store, the malware was distributed under the guise of ...

Protect yourself from malware apps on Google’s Play Store Unfortunately, Google doesn’t have any type of alert to suggest an app you’re looking at is potentially malware.

Of the 52 apps, 50 contained the prominent Joker malware. As Zscaler notes, the malware is so persistent because attackers modify its trace signatures. By updating the code, execution methods, and ...

Try as Google might, it seems there’s no stopping malware-infected apps from sneaking their way onto the Play Store. We’ve covered plenty of cases in the past, including the recent “toll ...

Samsung’s Galaxy Store has a malware problem Earlier this week, Android Police writer Max Weinbach called out Samsung on Twitter for distributing malware-laden apps through its mobile app store.

Most of the apps affected, such as the ride-hailing service Didi Kuaidi, are most popular in China. But some of the apps have international audiences, such as Tencent's popular messaging app WeChat.

Samsung's Galaxy Store doesn't track install counts, but the apps in question cumulatively have hundreds of reviews, including several that make a note of malware warnings at the time of install.