Google Prevented 2.28 Million Malicious Apps from Reaching Play Store in 2023 Google on Monday revealed that almost 200,000 app submissions to its Play Store for Android were either rejected or remediated to address issues with access to sensitive data such as location or SMS messages over the past year. Read more…
Anatsa Android Trojan Bypasses Google Play Security, Expands Reach to New Countries The Android banking trojan known as Anatsa has expanded its focus to include Slovakia, Slovenia, and Czechia as part of a new campaign observed in November 2023. “Some of the droppers in the campaign successfully exploited the accessibility service, despite Read more…
Double-Extortion Play Ransomware Strikes 300 Organizations Worldwide Dec 19, 2023NewsroomRansomware / Threat Intelligence The threat actors behind the Play ransomware are estimated to have impacted approximately 300 entities as of October 2023, according to a new joint cybersecurity advisory from Australia and the U.S. “Play ransomware actors employ a double-extortion Read more…
Play Ransomware Goes Commercial – Now Offered as a Service to Cybercriminals Nov 21, 2023NewsroomRansomware-as-a-service The ransomware strain known as Play is now being offered to other threat actors “as a service,” new evidence unearthed by Adlumin has revealed. “The unusual lack of even small variations between attacks suggests that Read more…
Nov 04, 2023NewsroomMobile Security / Android Google is rolling out an “Independent security review” badge in the Play Store’s Data safety section for Android apps that have undergone a Mobile Application Security Assessment (MASA) audit. “We’ve launched this banner beginning with VPN apps due to the sensitive and significant amount Read more…