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Google Replaces APK with Android App Bundle Format

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyJuly 6, 2021

Google developers announced that since August 2021, all new applications downloaded to the Google Play Store will have to use the new Android App Bundles (AAB) format, instead of the familiar APK (Android PacKage) that has been used in Android since 2008. The company

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In LastPass for Android found seven built-in trackers

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyFebruary 27, 2021

German cybersecurity expert Mike Kuketz noticed that the LastPass Android app has seven trackers that monitor users. The researcher builds his findings on the report of the non-profit organization Exodus, which is described as an initiative “led by hacktivists, the

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Hackers infected the Android emulator NoxPlayer with malware

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyFebruary 2, 2021

UPDATE: BigNox contacted us and said that they “contacted cybersecurity firm ESET to determine the root cause of the issue,” and at this point “fixed all issues.” ESET has released an update to the article stating that hackers have infected the

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Google experts exposed sophisticated hacking campaign against Windows and Android users

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyJanuary 14, 2021

Google published a large report detailing how they exposed a sophisticated hacking campaign that was discovered back in early 2020. The campaign targeted Android and Windows users, and attackers exploited for attacks four zero-day vulnerabilities. The researchers say the

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About 8% of apps in the Google Play Store are vulnerable to a bug in the Play Core library

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyDecember 4, 2020

Check Point experts warned that developers of many popular Android applications forgot to make an important update and now their product is vulnerable to a bug in the Play Core library. So, according to the company, about 8% of all applications in the Google Play Store use

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyMarch 9, 2020

According to a study by Which company, more than 40% of active Android users around the world use OS version 6.0 or earlier. Therefore, they will not receive security updates and are at risk of cyberattacks. One of the main complaints about the Android mobile operating

ByVladimir KrasnogolovyJanuary 31, 2020

Although the US authorities are persistent in waging a “cryptographic war” with technology companies, demanding weakening of encryption, they already have technical tools for cracking any phone. For example, US authorities can certainly hack any iPhone. Firstly, law