Due to the recent surge in cryptocurrency prices, threat actors are increasingly targeting every platform, including IoT, Android, and Windows, with malware that leverages the CPU power of victims’ devices to mine cryptocurrency. Just last month, Kaspersky researchers spotted fake antivirus and porn Android apps infected with malware that mines Monero cryptocurrency, launches DDoS attacks, […]
Google Collects Android Users’ Locations Even When Location Services Are Disabled…
Many people realize that smartphones track their locations. But what if you actively turn off location services, haven’t used any apps, and haven’t even inserted a carrier SIM card? Even if you take all of those precautions, phones running Android software gather data about your location and send it back to Google when they’re connected […]
Fake WhatsApp on Google Play Store Downloaded by Over 1 Million Android Users…
Cybercriminals are known to take advantage of everything that’s popular among people in order to spread malware, and Google’s official Play Store has always proved no less than an excellent place for hackers to get their job done. Yesterday some users spotted a fake version of the most popular WhatsApp messaging app for Android on […]
Elon Musk Wants to Launch Manufacturer of Nice Cyborgs…
The Los Angeles Times reported on Friday — the same day as the theater opening of Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D — that Musk is sponsoring a new start-up named Neuralink Corporation, which has already raised the first $27 million of its $100 million goal to create a system that will implant electrodes in human […]
How Google Is Secretly Recording You And Storing Your Conversations…
DID you know that Google has been recording you without your knowledge? The technology giant has effectively turned millions of its users’ smartphones into listening devices that can capture intimate conversations – even when they aren’t in the room. If you own an Android phone, it’s likely that you’ve used Google’s Assistant…
True the Vote Offers Smartphone App to Report Voter Fraud…
Android KeyStore Encryption Scheme Broken…
The default implementation for KeyStore, the system in Android designed to store user credentials and cryptographic keys, is broken…
Are You Obsessed With Your Phone? Researchers Reveal Addicts Touch Their Handset a Whopping 5,400 Times a DAY!…
The study found that the average person swipes, taps and pinches their display about 2,617 times a day, for a grand total of one million times per year…