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A new cybercrime campaign is spotted in the wild, and it's bringing back the notorious Anubis malware banking trojan.

An Android scam was identified recently, in which it can install malware by answering a phone call. An Android scam was identified recently, in which it can install malware by answering a phone call.

An Android banking trojan that steals passwords is hidden in regularly used applications from the Google Play Store. According to investigations, it has already infected 300,000 users.

Researchers have found that most-commonly downloaded apps such as QR code scanners are infected with malware that can steal your banking information.

Cybersecurity experts warned Android users about the banking Trojan malware on their devices. Here is the list of the apps that you should avoid installing on the Google Play Store.

Android users alert! Dangerous Joker virus returns, delete these 14 apps immediately - The Joker malware can extract private information like device information, address book, text messages and OTPs from infected Android devices.

Since Android malware is everywhere, several users are finding ways to identify apps to avoid from Google Play Store. Luckily, there is a simple way to solve this problem.

Tatyana Shishkova, an Android malware analyst at Kaspersky, uncovered certain applications on Google Play Store that are claimed to be malware applications.

Despite the efforts put by Google to block malware-laced Android apps entering the Play Store, bad actors are still managing to slip through the security screening to prey on naive users. Tatyana Shishkova, Android Malware expert at Kaspersky has detected more than a dozen malicious Android apps with Joker trojan on Play Store. She has been sharing the links of the apps on

Scam ALERT! 10 million users targeted by 151 fraudulent Android apps - The scam begins with the apps requesting users' phone numbers and email addresses in order to gain accessibility to their in-app features.