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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.

Google has once again banned hundreds of apps from Play store. The latest report suggests that the tech giant has deleted 150 malicious apps from play store. These apps were reportedly part of a campaign called UltimaSMS, which basically scammers lured Android users to sign in for premium SMS services.

Researchers at Zimperium zLabs have discovered that a trojan named Grifthorse Android Trojan is present in about 136 apps which have stolen money from about 10 Million users. Google has banned these apps from Playstore after the reports came out.

 Google took action and banned all 136 apps. 

The company claims to have used machine learning to identify these apps with options like impersonation, inappropriate content, and malware to pick out over 7,00,000 apps and 100,000 developers, which is 70 per cent more than in 2016.

Researchers found that over 4,500 UK users had some kind of spyware installed This included stalkerware that gives an abuser access to personal information Security firm Avast say they are working to remove these apps from app stores  Stalkerware can give an abuser access to location information, messages, private photos and even eavesdrop on phone calls from a remote location 

Published: February 9, 2021 10:35 AM IST These apps were involved in the alleged collection of personal data and its misuse and the same data was being used to issue threats, blackmail people and use of other coercive methods for recovery of loans, according to the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY). Also Read - Kari and The Lost Shrines game Review: A game you can play once The IT Ministry said that law e...

Google removed malicious apps from the Play Store that tricked users into seeing unexpected ads January 19, 2021 Dropbox and Evernote were victims of the operation Cybersecurity researchers from WhiteOps’ Satori Threat Intelligence and Research team have found a number of malicious apps on the Google Play Store that trick users into seeing unexpected ads. The investigation by the security team dubbed “CopyCatz” found 164 apps on the Play Store that were masquerading as popular apps to gar...

Highlights Around 40,000 confirmed victims identified who have been cheated of Crores in 2 months. Unsuspecting people were being offered lucrative returns on an online multi-level marketing campaign and were being cheated New Delhi: The Cyber Crime Unit (CyPAD), of Delhi Police, took note of various WhatsApp messages getting circulated, wherein the recipients were being induced and enticed to download an App through the link given in the WhatsApp messages. The inducement was regarding daily co...