Your smartphone apps may have Malware: Follow these steps to check and stay safe
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Your smartphone apps may have Malware: Follow these steps to check and stay safe

India TV News  

Considered an extended arm in today’s time, smartphones have become an inseparable part of our daily lives. Google Play Protect: Your first line of defence To tackle security threats, Google introduced the Play Protect feature for Android users a few years ago. This feature regularly scans apps downloaded from the Google Play Store and also performs routine security checks on your smartphone. Here’s how you can use Google Play Protect to scan and secure your phone: Open the Google Play Store app on your smartphone. Additional precautions to keep your phone safe Apart from using Play Protect, here are a few important precautions to keep in mind while downloading apps: Check the data privacy section: Before installing any app, read the app description and check the screenshots.

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How Google protects you from dangerous apps: Top Play Protect features on Android
1 month, 4 weeks ago

How Google protects you from dangerous apps: Top Play Protect features on Android

Live Mint  

Google Play is the go-to source for downloading apps on Android. This protection extends beyond apps downloaded from the Google Play Store and also covers apps installed from external sources, including sideloaded apps. Google recently revealed in a blog post that Play Protect now scans more than 200 billion apps daily across devices and performs real-time scanning at a code …

Your Android device is on a malware attack if it is showing these signs | Tips to be safe
1 year, 3 months ago

Your Android device is on a malware attack if it is showing these signs | Tips to be safe

India TV News  

So many hacking and cybercrime stories have surfaced these days, making us wonder if we are safe in this digitally inclined world. But with the rising cybercrime, the tech giants have pulled up their socks to secure the process and recently Google has come up with a way to deal with malware for Android devices. Google has advised users to …

Google adds real-time scanning in Play Protect to fight Android malware: Report
1 year, 5 months ago

Google adds real-time scanning in Play Protect to fight Android malware: Report

The Hindu  

Google announced new real-time scanning features for Google Play Protect that will help enhance the safety of Android users by making it harder for malicious apps using malware to evade detection. Google Play Protect is a built-in protection system in Android that performs on-device scans for unwanted software and malware. Play Protect works for apps downloaded from Google Play, Android’s …

Popular Android app is secretly SPYING on users - what to do if you have it installed
1 year, 9 months ago

Popular Android app is secretly SPYING on users - what to do if you have it installed

Daily Mail  

Cybersecurity experts have warned that a popular Android app is secretly spying on users as part of a potential espionage campaign. iRecorder secretly steals pictures, files and web information on Android devices 'Interestingly here is that the app passed initial tests to get on the Google Play store but it was the update that carried the malicious activity,' Jake Moore, …

BEWARE! These malicious apps on Google Play store may harm your phone- Tips to protect your device
2 years, 7 months ago

BEWARE! These malicious apps on Google Play store may harm your phone- Tips to protect your device

India TV News  

These malicious apps on Google Play store may harm your phone- Tips to protect your device Google Play Store: Here are the apps which might harm your device. Google Play Store has been a growing space for cyber-criminals working on malicious apps. These apps are listed on the Google Play Store and have resulted in malware and banking trojans in …

How to protect your phone from malware and cybercriminals
3 years, 6 months ago

How to protect your phone from malware and cybercriminals

Live Mint  

In 1971, Bob Thomas, a programmer with the Cambridge, US-based tech company BBN Technologies, created the world’s first computer virus. From March 2020 to July 2021, Kaspersky identified more than 5,000 pandemic-related phishing websites designed to steal user credentials and other private data and prevented over a million users from visiting such sites. “If you are facing trouble shutting down …

Attention Android Users, the Google Play Store is Full of Viruses: Beware of What You Download
4 years, 6 months ago

Attention Android Users, the Google Play Store is Full of Viruses: Beware of What You Download

News 18  

Android users, be very careful before downloading an app that you do not know much about. Recent reports surfacing from numerous cyber security organisations state that the Google Play Store is facing an increasing influx of advanced malware now, more than ever before. The case in point is a recent report by cyber security organisation Zscaler, whose ThreatLabZ security research …

Never Ever (Ever) Download Android Apps Outside of Google Play
8 years, 3 months ago

Never Ever (Ever) Download Android Apps Outside of Google Play

Wired  

This week, researchers revealed that a strain of malware hit at least 1.3 million Android phones, stealing user data as part of a scheme to boost ad revenue. "Google Play automatically scans for potentially malicious apps as well as spammy accounts before they are published on the Google Play Store," Google said in a statement to WIRED. "We also introduced …

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