[ad_1] More specifically, the percentage of PHAs downloaded from Google Play increase from 0.02 percent in 2017 to 0.04 percent in 2018. “If we remove the numbers for click fraud from these stats, the data shows that PHAs on Google Play declined by 31 percent year-over-year,” the report says. Google doesn’t have an easy task […]
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Two thirds of Android antivirus apps don’t work properly
[ad_1] In some cases, the failure is a simple one: they’re not really scanning app code. AV-Comparatives found that are just using app whitelists or blacklists, and sometimes very broad ones at that. They may allow all apps whose package files start with “com.instagram,” but it would be trivial to create rogue apps that used […]
A 19-year-old WinRAR bug is being used to install malware
[ad_1] By renaming an ACE file with a RAR extension, hackers can manipulate WinRAR and extract a malicious program to a computer’s startup folder, explained Check Point, the company that discovered the bug. Without the user knowing, the program then runs automatically when the computer is restarted. According to McAfee, one exploit uses a bootleg […]