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1,300+ Apps Bypass Android Permission Restrictions

Android 6.0 Marshmallow (and later) is hailed for giving its default user the capability to grant/deny granularly the permissions asked by apps, something that only rooted/custom roms users were able to do prior. However, contrary to the permissions feature, a study conducted by the University of Calgary, U.C. Berkeley, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and

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Thousands Of Apps In The Play Store Are Trojan Horses

Note: This is a follow-up article of our story regarding Google Play Store that was published earlier. The Data61 team from the University of Sydney and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) has revealed that Google Play is riddled with malicious cloned apps of the top 10,000 apps. According to Data61 team, they were

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Era of Anonymous Mobile Browsing? TOR Browser Arrives To Android

We are recommending the use of the TOR Browser when it comes to browsing the web anonymously, with the bonus of enabling the user’s capability to browse the Dark Web with confidence. TOR, an acronym for The Onion Router, is a system of browsing the web through multiple nodes, to a point where the user’s

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With FIDO2, Android Looks To Leave Password Behind

So now Android password is going to be something of the past, just like how we discarded the floppy disk. Google’s and the Fast Identity Online Alliance confirmed on Monday that Android is now FIDO2-certified. The certification was unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. This means that devices can use fingerprints and security

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Why 13 Is A Frightening Number For Android Apps

The number 13 is typically a unlucky number for most people in the Western world. Many apartment buildings and office towers skip the number altogether, jumping straight from floor 12 to floor 14. There’s even a recognized phobia for the number known as triskaidekaphobia! No other numbers have fancy Greek-named phobias that are officially recognized

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Malicious Malware Now Found Lurking In The Google Play Store

Palo Alto Networks, a network enterprise security firm, has now discovered at least 145 apps in the Google Play Store are embedded with Windows-based malware. These apps remain functional when installed in an Android device, and their Windows executable malware does not run in the Android ART environment. However, experts predict certain Android app developers

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Five Android Antivirus Apps vs Google’s Own Antivirus Solution

Android has been on the market since 2008, and this year 2018 marks a decade of dominance in the world of mobile platforms. As part of being dominant in the mobile computing market comes the reciprocal risk of being targeted by cybercriminals. Android, due to its open platform nature enables users the capability to install

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