Android Apps

These malicious apps don’t even need to be opened to infect your smartphone with malware and fill it with ads.

These malicious apps slipped past Google’s defenses and ended up on the Play Store. Here's why you need to delete immediately.

Popular camera and keyboard apps with millions of downloads contain malware that subscribes users to premium services without their knowledge.

Google Maps is finally giving Android a useful widget, complete with local traffic updates.

The company behind a popular free VPN app left an 18.5GB database of connection logs accessible to the public online.

Instagram users are being tricked into exposing their credentials by malicious apps offering free followers and likes.

Google Assistant takes all the hassle out of changing your compromised passwords.

These 11 apps have malware that can harvest your data, so uninstall them right now.

A malicious Android app called Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools aims to steal your Facebook password, but it's now been removed from Google Play. Here's how to make sure you don't have it installed.

A new Android malware named after Pablo Escobar steals your passwords and your 2FA codes before completely taking over your phone.

Two different strains of Android banking Trojans have recently shown up in the official Google Play app store, and one was still there when we wrote this.

An Android security app installed by 10,000 people downloaded malware designed to break into online bank accounts.

Nearly 470 Android apps in Google Play were part of an ongoing 'fleeceware' campaign that has stolen perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars around the world, researchers said.

A new variant of the BRATA banking Trojan can factory-wipe your Android device after cleaning out your bank account.

Apple has released an Android app that can detect the presence of rogue AirTags that might be used by stalkers or thieves.

About 300,000 Android users have installed apps that slowly mutate into money-stealing banking Trojans, warns a security firm.

Google just made it easier to install apps on your Chromecast or Google TV through your phone.

Google has kicked 151 scam Android apps out of the Play Store, but the 10 million people who installed the apps will have to remove them manually. Here's how.

Apps on Android and iOS are roughly equal in how much they track and profile you, Oxford researchers have found.

Back in June, Microsoft announced that Android apps will work on its latest operating system. But Windows 11 has arrived with Android app support still in development.

The FluBot Android banking Trojan is trying a new approach, telling you that your phone has been infected with FluBot and you need to install a bogus 'security update.'

An Android malware campaign called 'GriftHorse' has infected up to 10 million users worldwide and stolen millions of dollars.

A new Android banking Trojan steals information by recording everything you do on screen, says a security firm.

Nearly a dozen Android apps were set up to steal users' Facebook passwords and usernames, and were installed nearly 6 million times.

The Play Media Experience Program cuts fees for Android developers if they support the wider Google ecosystem.

During Microsoft's Windows 11 unveil event, the company announced that Android apps would be coming via the Amazon Appstore.

The UC browser made by Chinese tech giant Alibaba sends tons of private user information to Chinese servers even when it's in incognito mode, researchers found.

Google said the Play Store would require each app to declare what kind of personal data it collects and how it uses it — just as Apple's App Store now does.

Android tablets getting their own Entertainment Space — a new app to combine multiple stores.

Britain's National Cyber Security Centre is warning of a fake package-delivery scam that's geared to steal your passwords.