Security researchers have found that hackers are targeting several apps on the App Store to spread malware that steals information from screenshots saved on a device. The issue also affects those ...

But neither company is perfect, and apps infected with malware end up on official app marketplaces more often that we'd like to think. These apps usually pop up on the Play Store more than the App ...

In what appears to be a first, a strain of malware that can secretly steal screenshots from smartphones has infiltrated the Apple App Store. The so-called “SparkCat” malware was discovered ...

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have removed up to 20 apps from their app stores after security experts at Kaspersky found that they were carrying malware for almost a year, according to a report from TechCrunch. The malware ...

Apps distributed through both Apple and Google’s app stores ... According to The Verge, Kaspersky says it discovered the code from this particular malware campaign, which it calls “SparkCat,” in late ...

This flexibility poses a significant threat to users' digital security. The analysts discovered that the malware operates on Android apps through a Java component called Spark, which masquerades as an ...

The malware is hidden in messenger apps such as WeTink or AI apps such as AnyGPT or ChatAI, among others; it has been downloaded over 242,000 times via Google Play alone. Users from Europe, Asia and ...

The analysts discovered that the malware operates on Android apps through a Java component called Spark, which masquerades as an analytics module, and employs an encrypted configuration file ...

But not all apps are built the same. In fact, researchers have recently found photo-scanning malware apps on the App Store. Yes, malware has started to make its way from Android to the iPhone.