Posts Tagged: adware
These 80+ apps could be running adware on your iPhone or Android device
An adware attack that first surfaced in 2019 is back with more sophisticated fraud and evasion techniques. You should check your iOS and Android phones.
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Google pulls 85 Android apps with particularly obnoxious adware
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Google drops the ban hammer on CooTek, removing their adware from the Play Store
The Google Play Store has had a rough time in the last few months, with malicious developers, ad-infected apps, and copycat problems making headlines. These are all mostly unavoidable things, at least in small amounts, when you’re dealing with something the size of the Play Store with as many users and developers that Google is […]
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That was quick! Verizon to install adware on phones after privacy rules repealed
Verizon’s AppFlash, a new app rolling out to the carrier’s customers in the coming weeks, can track app usage and use it to target ads. The Electronic Frontier Foundation notes that it could, too, be used by hackers as a common point of attack.
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