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‘Fleeceware’ Play store apps quietly charging up to $250

September 27, 2019 0 Comments Android, app scam, fleeceware, Google, Google Play Store, Law & order, Mobile, play store, rogue apps, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:16:56 +0000

SophosLabs researchers discovered at least 15 apps with millions of downloads charging extraordinary prices right under the Google’s nose.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/H5gANUVkXYM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Quick Heal reports 29 malicious apps with 10 million+ downloads on Google Play Store

September 24, 2019 0 Comments Android, Antivirus, Applications, malware, youtube

Credit to Author: Digvijay Mane| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:44:54 +0000

Quick Heal Security Labs reported 29 malicious apps found on Google Play Store, which have a collective download count of more than 10 Millions. Google was quick enough to remove these malicious apps from Play Store immediately. One of the Apps from this set, named “Multiapp multiple accounts simultaneously” has crossed 5 million…

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Facebook says location data in iOS 13, Android 10 may be confusing

September 11, 2019 0 Comments Android, Android 10, facebook, iOS, iOS 13, location data, location tracking, Marketing, Mobile, Privacy, Tracking

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:16:00 +0000

The OS updates may not reflect your Facebook app setting, but Facebook says it will respect whatever users’ most restrictive settings are.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6rvcy97aMoE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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300 shades of gray: a look into free mobile VPN apps

September 10, 2019 0 Comments Android, anonymity, Apple App Store, black mirror, CDT, centennials, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, CSIRO, dark web, DNS hijacking, DNS leak, emerging markets, encryption, fake av, free, free VPN, Global Web Index, GlobalWebIndex, Google Play Store, Guideline 5.4, Hotspot Shield, Hotspot Shield complaint, Innet VPN, iOS, IPv6 leak, KilpVip, Luminati, malvertising, millenials, mobile VPN apps, motivations for VPN usage, MyMobileSecure, Netflix, onion browser, Privacy, Queen Mary University of London, risk-free, Rob Mardisalu, rogueware, Sapienza University of Rome, Secnet VPN, Simon Migliano, TheBestVPN, top 20 VPN apps, Top10VPN, transparency, UC Berkeley, University of South Wales, virtual private networks, vpn

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:41:45 +0000

Mobile VPN apps are one of the best tools for protecting user privacy. Unfortunately, a notable number of are deemed unsafe. Read on to find out how to assess the best mobile VPN for you.

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Privacy

Tags: Android anonymity Apple App Store black mirror CDT centennials Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization CSIRO Dark Web DNS hijacking DNS leak emerging markets encryption fake av free free VPN Global Web Index GlobalWebIndex Google Play Store Guideline 5.4 Hotspot Shield Hotspot Shield complaint Innet VPN iOS IPv6 leak KilpVip Luminati malvertising millenials mobile VPN apps motivations for VPN usage MyMobileSecure netflix onion browser privacy Queen Mary University of London risk-free Rob Mardisalu rogueware Sapienza University of Rome Secnet VPN Simon Migliano TheBestVPN top 20 VPN apps Top10VPN transparency UC Berkeley University of South Wales virtual private networks vpn

ComputerWorld Independent

How to take full advantage of Android 10's privacy-reclaiming powers

September 10, 2019 0 Comments Android, Mobile, Operating Systems, Security, Software

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 08:23:00 -0700

Well, gang, it’s here. In case you’ve been hibernating over the past week (or maybe just, ahem, on an unfortunately timed week off), Google brought Android 10 into this wacky ol’ world of ours this past Tuesday.

There’s really only so much to say about the Android 10 basics at this point — because, quite frankly, it’s the same software we’ve seen evolving in plain view over the past several months.

Yes, Android 10 has new gestures for getting around your phone. Yes, it has a new system-wide switch for making the entire operating system dark. And yes, it has a nifty new Focus Mode for limiting distractions on an app-by-app basis.

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Security Sophos

Google & Apple pushed to reveal gun scope app users’ names to feds

September 10, 2019 0 Comments Android, App Store, Apple, apps, ATN, doj, Google, gun scope, ICE, illegal gun export, iOS, ITAR, Law & order, Mobile, play store, Privacy, rifle scope

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:50:48 +0000

It’s a first: The government has never demanded personal data of a single app’s users from Apple & Google.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SKydWWr9YsM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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The Free Mobile Anti-virus you are using can be a Fake!

September 9, 2019 0 Comments Android, Antivirus, malware, Mobile Security, Security

Credit to Author: Prachi Sudame| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:10:30 +0000

Quick Heal Security Labs recently spotted multiple Fake Antivirus Apps on Google Play Store. What’s more alarming, is that one of these fake AV Apps has been downloaded 100000+ times already. These Apps appear to be genuine Anti-virus/virus-removal Apps with names like Virus Cleaner, Antivirus security, etc., but do not…

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Android gets September update as price of flaws soars

September 5, 2019 0 Comments Android, Android 10, bug bounties, Google, iOS, Mobile, Operating Systems, Organisations, Patching, Project Mainline, security threats, Technologies, vulnerability, Windows

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 13:51:21 +0000

When is a security update not a security update? When it’s patching flaws in a version of an OS nobody beyond developers is yet running.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/xUkOcZUm9To” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook loses control of key used to sign Android app

September 4, 2019 0 Comments Android, Android Package Kit, APK, APK repository, data loss, facebook, Free Basics, Google, Internet.org, Mobile, private key, security threats, signing key, walled garden

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 16:30:46 +0000

What should be a private key used to vouch for the ‘Free Basics by Facebook’ app was used to sign unrelated apps.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/oMymgOZ03gI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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iPhone attack may have targeted Android and Windows too

September 3, 2019 0 Comments Android, Apple, bug bounty, Google, Government security, government spyware, iOS, iPhone, Mobile, nation state hacking, Operating Systems, security threats, vulnerability, Windows, zero day

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 14:47:23 +0000

A sophisticated and sustained watering hole attack affecting iPhones may have targeted Windows and Android too.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3wCw5XE352c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>