ESET researchers have discovered instances of spyware based on the open-source espionage tool called AhMyth. This particular spyware was posing as an internet radio app playing very specific Balochi ...

The app, named iRecorder-Screen Recorder, was initially uploaded to the store without malicious functionality in 2021. "However, it appears that malicious functionality was later implemented, most ...

One Android app with spyware capabilities based on an open-source remote access tool (RAT) has twice thwarted the security of Google Play over a period of two weeks. Radio Balouch (or RB Music) ...

You know Play Store security scans are really bad when spyware based on open source code manages to slip past Google's defenses, not once, but twice. The Android app that did this is called Radio ...

An Android app that was supposed to be used to do screen recordings has been caught secretly recording audio and sending it somewhere shady — but the story behind the debacle goes even deeper. As the ...

An app that had more than 50,000 downloads from Google Play surreptitiously recorded nearby audio every 15 minutes and sent it to the app developer, a researcher from security firm ESET said. The app, ...

ESET researchers have discovered the first known spyware that is built on the foundations of AhMyth open-source malware and has circumvented Google’s app-vetting process. The malicious app, called ...

The malware gathered sensitive information from devices It's unclear yet if it's part of an "espionage campaign" The app has since been removed from the Play store An Android application available on ...

Experts from ESET, a software company that specializes in cybersecurity, have uncovered a malware-laden app lingering on the Google Play store. The app, dubbed iRecorder – Screen Recorder, has been on ...

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