The Information Highway

The Information Highway

Over 200 malicious apps on Google Play downloaded millions of times

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Google Play, the official store for Android, distributed over a period of one year more than 200 malicious applications, which cumulatively counted nearly eight million downloads.

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New Xamalicious Android malware installed 330k times on Google Play

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 A previously unknown Android backdoor named 'Xamalicious' has infected approximately 338,300 devices via malicious apps on Google Play, Android's official app store.

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SpyLoan Android malware on Google Play downloaded 12 million times

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More than a dozen malicious loan apps, which are generically named SpyLoan, have been downloaded more than 12 million times this year from Google Play but the count is much larger since they are also available on third-party stores and suspicious websites.

 

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Android adware apps on Google Play amass two million installs

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Several malicious Google Play Android apps installed over 2 million times push intrusive ads to users while concealing their presence on the infected devices. 

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Apps with 1.5M installs on Google Play send your data to China

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Security researchers discovered two malicious file management applications on Google Play with a collective installation count of over 1.5 million that collected excessive user data that goes well beyond what's needed to offer the promised functionality. 

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Top Breaches Cost ($) of 2024

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Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024