Google nukes 224 Android malware apps behind massive ad fraud campaign
A massive Android ad fraud operation dubbed "SlopAds" was disrupted after 224 malicious applications on Google Play were used to generate 2.3 billion ad requests per day. [...]
Yasna brings together recent headlines from selected sources and makes them easier to sort with tags, filters, and search.
Search across headline titles and summaries.
Weekly headline count for the current query.
A massive Android ad fraud operation dubbed "SlopAds" was disrupted after 224 malicious applications on Google Play were used to generate 2.3 billion ad requests per day. [...]
Google has filed a lawsuit against the anonymous operators of the Android BadBox 2.0 malware botnet, accusing them of running a global ad fraud scheme against the company's advertising platforms. [...]
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new, sophisticated variant of a known Android malware referred to as Konfety that leverages the evil twin technique to enable ad fraud
Today, Google announced new security features coming to Android 15 and Google Play Protect that will help block scams, fraud, and malware apps on users' devices. [...]
Today, Google announced new security features coming to Android 15 and Google Play that will help block scams, fraud, and malware apps on users' devices. [...]
Google says it banned 173,000 developer accounts in 2022 to block malware operations and fraud rings from infecting Android users' devices with malicious apps. [...]
The Android banking fraud malware known as SharkBot has reared its head once again on the official Google Play Store, posing as file managers to bypass the app marketplace's restrictions
As many as 16 malicious apps with over 20 million cumulative downloads have been taken down from the Google Play Store after they were caught committing mobile ad fraud
A new set of trojanized apps spread via the Google Play Store has been observed distributing the notorious Joker malware on compromised Android devices