There’s been no small outbreak of chaos in mobile land recently, all because of an astonishingly popular game called Fortnite. Here’s…
Tag: Android
Mobile Menace Monday: FakeGift is the gift that keeps on frustrating
Last spring, we found yet another piece of riskware on Google Play we call Android/PUP.Riskware.FakeGift. Based on Hindi characters found in…
New Android P includes several security improvements
According to the Android developer Program Overview, the next major version of Android, Android 9.0 or P, is set to arrive soon….
Mobile Menace Monday: Adware MobiDash gets stealthy
The Adware known as MobiDash, detected by Malwarebytes for Android as Android/Adware.MobiDash, is far from a new. However, this ad-displaying nuisance…
Fake Fortnite for Android links found on YouTube
The extremely popular video game Fortnite is coming to Android sometime this summer, and the fanbase is going wild. Not surprisingly,…
Mobile Menace Monday: A race to hidden ads
Who doesn’t love a good motorcycle racing game, right? How about one easily available on Google Play, a “safe” place for…
Mobile Menace Monday: re-emergence of a fake Android AV
Back in early 2013, a new mobile antivirus (AV) company called Armor for Android emerged into the mobile security software industry…
A week in security (March 26 – April 01)
Last week, we looked at the thought process behind creating a ransomware decryptor, the inner workings of QuantLoader, the ways one…
Mobile Menace Monday: Fake WhatsApp can steal info from your phone
Last month, a blogger at My Online Security reported receiving a spam comment containing WhatsApp Plus. Going through the process, they…
10 ways to protect your Android phone
Android has been around for nearly a decade and has come a long way from its early wannabe iPhone days. New features,…