British security company Sophos has discovered 15 adware apps on the Google Play Store. These sneaky apps were found to be generating frequent, large, and intrusive ads. They were also capable of ...

“By hiding their launcher icon, and using an application icon and name that resembles a system app, these apps make a convincing case to a casual observer that there’s nothing unusual installed on the ...

Security firm Lookout is warning Android users of a new trojanized adware that infects users who download fake versions of popular apps from third party app stores. This trojanized adware is not going ...

Three adware apps discovered in Google Play use a special trick to ensure they stay on the victim device for a longer time. They pose as camera-related utilities and have recorded over 700,000 ...

We detected a large adware campaign running for about a year, with the involved apps installed eight million times from Google Play alone. We identified 42 apps on Google Play as belonging to the ...

Several adware apps promoted aggressively on Facebook as system cleaners and optimizers for Android devices are counting millions of installations on Google Play store. The apps lack all of the ...