It's already hard enough to find apps in the app stores, I'd rather not see them cluttered up with hundreds of thousands of e-books
disguised as apps.
Discovered by researchers at RiskIQ, the latest version of BankBot to infiltrate the Google Play store is
disguised as an app called «Crypto currencies market prices» — complete with a phony «Verified by Play Protect» logo in order to make it look as if it is a known and trusted app.
Not exact matches
This is when android snooping
apps come
as a blessing in
disguise for parents.
And in the end, are you offering a dating solution or a game
disguised as a dating
app.
So an
app disguised as a book can be sold at a higher price.
It's also
disguised as a Galaxy Nexus for more
app compatibility.
Dubbed «Snatchers,» a reference to Kojima's own Snatcher videogame, these aliens are
disguised as human guards, so Raiden must use the iDroid
app or binoculars to see their irregular X-Rays.
The company says that the malware is called Skygofree (named after one of the domains on which it was first spotted), and is usually
disguised as a downloadable
app on fake sites designed to resemble those of mobile carriers, and promises to increase your internet speeds.
FakeInstallers
disguise themselves
as legitimate
apps.
A malicious
app disguised as a modified version of the Tor Browser is targeting users looking to buy illegal products off the Dark Web.
A malicious
app may
disguise itself
as a legitimate
app, or it may hide itself from your view completely.
«There have also been a number of cases where third - party ad blockers have been used
as a
disguise for malicious
apps,» he told the E-Commerce Times.
This next
app is a widget, but it's
disguised as a regular home screen folder.
The questionable file (Andr / HiddnAd - AJ) has a name that seems obvious, but was able to slip past Google's «Play Protect» vetting system
disguised as utility
apps — six different QR code readers and one «smart compass.»
In the case of
apps that are
disguised as legitimate bitcoin exchange
apps, hackers are able to obtain login credentials that could then be used to withdraw bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from the victim's exchange account.
The applications were
disguised as legitimate
apps and were available for download.
The employees are said to have attempted to
disguise the mining programs
as system software and added them to a list of
apps that were made exempt from antivirus checks.
If Facebook's generous access to friend data was known to many marketers and software developers, so was the tactic of
disguising data grabs
as fun
apps, pages, or quizzes.
After it was revealed that a firm of political consultants carried out a data - harvesting exercise
disguised as a personality quiz, the latest developments include a lawsuit and a Mozilla - led petition for privacy changes to the
app...
Running a good antivirus program on your Android device can help protect it from malware infection, even ones you actively download and install such
as these
disguised apps.
Described
as a «sophisticated two - stage spyware tool», Lipizzan is distributed through a number of channels, including the official Google Play Store, where it can be
disguised as a basic
app such
as a backup or cleaning tool, hiding the malicious nature of the software.
Microsoft's latest build 10565 for Windows 10 comes with a noticeable update: ads in the Start menu that are
disguised as Suggested
Apps.
Discovered independently by two cybersecurity firms, Trend Micro and Avast, the malicious
apps disguise as various utility (such
as the flashlight, QR code scanner, and compass), performance - boosting (like file - transfer and cleaner), entertainment, lifestyle and video downloader
apps.