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Android barcode scanner with 10 million+ downloads infects users

Enlarge (credit: portal gda / Flickr) A benign barcode scanner with more than 10 million downloads from Google Play has been caught receiving an upgrade that turned it to the dark side, prompting the search and advertising giant to remove it. Barcode Scanner, one of dozens of such apps available in the official Google app […]

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Amazon cuts off Parler’s web hosting following Apple, Google bans

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Amazon Web Services is suspending Parler’s access to its hosting services at the end of the weekend, potentially driving the service offline unless it can find a new provider. “Because Parler cannot comply with our terms of service and poses a very real risk to public safety, we […]

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“Joker”–the malware Which signs up You for Expensive services–Gains Android markets

Expand (charge: gateway gda / Flickr) September was a busy month due to malicious Android programs, with heaps of these from one malware household alone flood either Google Play or third party niches, researchers in security firms said. Called Joker, this household of malicious programs has been assaulting Android users because late 2016 and more […]