5 Fortnite security tips
Fortnite for Android is not available on Google Play. We explain how to download and install it properly, and what else to do to stay safe.
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Fortnite for Android is not available on Google Play. We explain how to download and install it properly, and what else to do to stay safe.
Hidden miners detected in soccer and VPN apps on Google Play — steer clear!
A lot of mobile apps and Web services rated for any age can actually expose your kids to scary content. We have tips on how to deal with that.
Android users have the largest selection of mobile apps, but that means they are also exposed to the most threats. Avoid mobile malware by following some basic security rules.
How a couple of simple permissions let an application steal passwords, log user actions, and do many other nasty things.
Applications that offer to pay you for installing other applications tend to shove malware at you.
Our experts recently discovered an app called Guide for Pokémon Go distributed via Google Play. It looks like a single app created to help players of the much-hyped gaming title. But a little while after it’s installed, the app roots the device. Rooting makes the malware capable of installing and deleting additional apps.
Some Android Trojans can write reviews and rate apps on behalf of users, but without their consent.
Acecard is one of the most advanced banking trojans. It’s capable of overlaying more than 30 banks’ and financial systems’ apps and is spread via Google Play.
With all of the security improvements, criminals find and exploit various ways of circumventing them to deliver their malicious creations to end-users’ phones, which puts at risk both the device owners and the businesses they are involved with.
As is, a QR code can quickly take you to a site or another resource but not necessarily to the one you really want to visit. Thus Kaspersky Lab offers a free and safe QR scanner!
App stores offer all the promise of a virtually unlimited range of games and tools, but are rife with pitfalls too. These include bad apps, ballooning costs, and malicious apps, particularly on Android devices.
One of the little compromises that we’ve all had to make to get the advantages of mobile apps is the blind acceptance of the terms of service for the app