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The Nothing Chats app from Nothing Phone promised to be the iMessage for Android, but in less than 24 hours it was removed from Google Play due to a shocking lack of security.

Google Play’s app descriptions have a new Data Safety section now. We explain why this isn’t such great news.

We found more Minecraft modpacks and a file recovery utility available in Google Play concealing malicious adware.

More than 20 apps on Google Play that promised cool Minecraft mods turned out to be malicious.

Overpriced apps entice Google Play and App Store users with a free trial period, and then charge them for a paid subscription even when uninstalled.

How a photo editor app from Google Play secretly signed up users for unwanted paid services.

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.

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.

We discovered a Pokémon Go Trojan in Google Play. It had already been downloaded 500,000 times.

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.

Adults can choose to face the financial consequences of their own actions, but they may want to know how to prevent their kids from running up exorbitant credit card bills tied to the parents’ iTunes or Google Play accounts.

We discovered a new wave of attacks on WhatsApp users in which attackers steal victims’ accounts using fake voting pages and social engineering on social networks.

We explore which messaging apps let you chat without an internet connection or cell service, and why you might need this.

Android smartphone owners who use messengers are at risk.

Adjust your daily routines to leave as little data about yourself online as possible.

This marks the second time we’ve found a stealer Trojan in the App Store.

Since 2016, a threat actor has been exploiting insecure plugins and themes to infect WordPress websites and redirect traffic to malicious websites.

Counterfeit smartphones imitating well-known brands and offered online come pre-installed with the powerful Triada Trojan.

We explain where and how to view porn without risking the security of your devices or your wallet.

Takeaways for regular crypto holders from the biggest crypto heist in history.

We look into every method of hijacking WhatsApp, Telegram, and other messaging accounts – from quishing to fake gifts and viruses, and ways to protect yourself against them.