Official app storefronts like Google Play often boast that it has tighter security measures and systems in place to prevent malware downloads. But there’s no such thing as a perfect system. In fact, a ...

Hundreds of malicious Android apps on Google Play were downloaded more than 40 million times between June 2024 and May 2025, notes a report from cloud security company Zscaler. During the same period, ...

While the malicious apps weren't targeting users in the United States, you should make sure they aren't on your phone.

Google Play, the official store for Android, distributed over a period of one year more than 200 malicious applications, which cumulatively counted nearly eight million downloads. The data was ...

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The Samsung Email app has passed the 100 million-download mark. Supporting POP3, IMAP and Exchange ActiveSync, it allows all emails to be used in one app.

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Every now and then, we learn about malicious Android apps sneaking their way onto the Play Store. The most recent discovery, however, concerns two Play Store apps containing a malware Trojan that has ...

Why it matters: A resurrected Necro Trojan has infected 11 million devices so far. It's another example of the never-ending threat of mobile malware and the importance of being vigilant when ...

Sora continues to dominate, with early estimates saying the Android app was downloaded nearly half a million times in one day ...

Hundreds of malicious Android apps on Google Play were downloaded more than 40 million times over the past year, targeting users searching for ...