SimBad adware apps downloaded from Google Play nearly 150 million times
Bad software development kit (SDK) infects over 200 apps and millions of users.
Bad software development kit (SDK) infects over 200 apps and millions of users.
Millions of Google Play users exposed to adware hiding in game, TV and remote control simulator apps.
Lenovo settles with the FTC over its Superfish adware fiasco and is now banned from asking for consent in its end user license agreement.
Shady practices by a Chinese digital marketing firm has left 250 million PCs at risk of being fully comprised.
Google yanks more malicious apps from the Play store designed to generate clicks on ads.
Time’s up for a pesky browser extension that’s infected 1.2 million Windows PCs with adware since September, according to Microsoft.
According to new figures from the US’s largest mobile carrier, the Android malware problem is "truly negligible" but adware could become one.
Lenovo plans to release an automated tool that will remove the Superfish adware from affected PCs on Friday, said the company's chief technical officer, who admitted that Lenovo had "messed up."
Mark Hachman | 20 Feb | Read more
Major technology companies just can't help tampering with our web traffic to deliver advertising. Security researchers recently discovered that consumer-grade Lenovo computers ship with software called Superfish Visual Discovery that injects advertising into websites on browsers such as Google Chrome and Internet Explorer.
Starting July 1, developers of adware for Windows will have to contend with new Microsoft-imposed rules aimed at making it easier for people to stop bothersome ads.
Antone Gonsalves | 08 Apr | Read more
One or more antivirus vendors flagged 22% of 8,000 popular apps as having issues
Antone Gonsalves | 09 Aug | Read more
Apple has updated its built-in anti-malware to block Yontoo, a browser plugin for Chrome, Safari and Firefox on Mac that injects advertisements into Web pages.
Attacks targeting Facebook users will continue, and could easily become even more dangerous, a security researcher said today.
Gregg Keizer | 28 May | Read more