An Android app component designed to provide inter-user chatting capabilities was found to be opening websites and clicking on ads in Android devices’ background. This malicious component, according to a report released last week, is part of a software development kit or SDK offered by a Chinese company is known as呀呀云 (Ya Ya Yun). A lot of Android app developers use the software development kit of Ya Ya Yun in adding an instant messaging feature to the games that they create. Meaning…
As we all know, a mobile data connection is sometimes, if not often, not reliable so of course, it just won’t simply do for users who constantly want to stay connected to the internet and that’s where Wi-Fi hotspot comes in. However, not all public Wi-Fi are created equal. To remedy that, there’s a new feature in Android 8.1 that tells users about a Wi-Fi network before they go over the hassle of connecting to it. Users won’t exactly get the exact information about the network’s speed…
Google just got rid of a total of 63 apps from the official Play Store recently as they were discovered to be infected with a new kind of Android malware dubbed as “GhostTeam” which has the ability to steal Facebook credentials as well as bombard users with a bunch of ads on their infected devices. This new Android malware was discovered by security teams of Trend Micro and Avast. According to the researchers, the malware has long been active in the Google Play Store but was just…
A new Android malware discovered by a cybersecurity firm has been discovered. According to the cybersecurity firms, this Android malware is the very first Android malware family developed using the Kotlin programming language. Kotlin is an open source programming language for modern multiplatform applications. Way back in May 2017, Google stated that Kotlin is a first-class programming language for writing Android apps. And since its release, 17% of Android Studio projects had started using…
Dell just launched a new service called “Dell Mobile Connect for Android and iOS in the midst of all the hardware introduced during the Consumer Electronic Show held in Las Vegas. Dell’s goal is to integrate their PCs with a wireless device seamlessly – but of course, there’s a catch (there always is) – the parent PC must be manufactured by no one but Dell. The service is already pre-installed on all the new Dell PCs, including Alienware and is now being sold on the mainstream…
Recently, a total of 36 Android apps were removed from the Google Play Store. These apps were found to be fake security apps that were only posing as security and performance boosting apps which only contained necessary code to make them look like a legitimate security app. According to security experts, the applications removed contained code which makes the apps display fake security alerts, intrusive ads as well as gather users’ personal data without them knowing. The real functionality…
Symantec researchers were able to discover an Android malware that sneakily spoofs Uber’s Android app and collects users’ passwords which allow hackers to take control of the affected users’ accounts. Even though this malware is not widespread yet, and most Uber users are not affected, this is not something to be taken lightly. The Android malware pops up on the infected device’s screen on a regular basis and prompts the user to key in their Uber username and password. And once the…
Android experts were able to discover some Android games that quietly listen to what your device’s microphone picks up. Not to hear what you say but to hear what you’re watching. Apparently, this activity is not new for some Android apps because it was found that they have been doing this for quite some time now – using an affected device’s microphone access to know what shows you watch, what ads you hear as well as what movies you see. But it seems that the practice may be more…
A new terrifying piece of malware has been discovered which can cause smartphones to overload and burst open. It is a cryptocurrency-mining malware discovered by a group of Russian researchers working at Kaspersky Lab. Cybersecurity experts have already warned Android smartphone owners about the malware that could overload their devices and cause it to burst open physically. The researchers at the Kaspersky Lab had infected an Android phone intentionally with the new species of the malware…
Mobile gaming for Android has really taken off and took the gaming community by storm this 2017. From indie game developers to triple-A game producers all had their share to make the mobile gaming scene busting with activity throughout the year. Some may have peaked its respective popularity while some have flopped and had been tagged as total let downs but overall this year has been great. Now that we’re at the year’s end, we’ll bring out a list of some of the games will be looking…
