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I found a phishing email in my inbox and a malicious app in my news feed — here’s how I knew they were scams

When you write about the worst online scams and how to avoid them everyday like I do, it’s easy to start seeing plenty of examples in the real world. While it’s one thing to tell you what to look out ... Read More

Google just took down 224 malicious apps with 38 million installs in massive SlopAds fraud campaign — how to stay safe

Bad apps can be hiding in the place you least expect and that’s exactly what happened with 224 malicious apps that were recently removed from the Google Play Store following the discovery of a massive ... Read More

Over 200 malicious apps were downloaded more than 40 million times from the Google Play Store this year

You can never be too safe when installing a new app on one of the best Android phones as hackers and other cybercriminals continue to use malicious apps in their ... Read More

Hundreds of malicious Android apps exploited to drive "SlopAds" massive ad fraud

Facepalm: Google Play is deploying increasingly sophisticated protections to safeguard users against malware and other security threats. Yet skilled threat actors continue to find ways around these ... Read More

Malicious Android apps on Google Play downloaded 42 million times

Hundreds of malicious Android apps on Google Play were downloaded more than 40 million times between June 2024 and May 2025, notes a report from cloud security company Zscaler. During the same period, ... Read More

Malicious Android apps with 19M installs removed from Google Play

Seventy-seven malicious Android apps with more than 19 million installs were delivering multiple malware families to Google Play users. This malware infiltration was discovered by Zscaler's ThreatLabs ... Read More