There’s a widespread belief among mobile users that the apps they install in their devices are safe as long as they come from primary app stores such as Google’s Play Store or the Apple App Store. However, that is not always the case.
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Beware advertisers, ZeroAccess botnet surfaces back to life
Microsoft might have only presumed the ZeroAccess botnet dead when it announced in late 2013 that the creators of the botnet had abandoned the click-fraud robot. Microsoft declared the botnet dysfunctional after it secured a court order to halt ZeroAccess.
China is driving away businesses with invasive cyber control
China has moved to tighten its control over the cyberspace in China by introducing a new set of policies that would define how technology companies investing in the country should handle confidential software and hardware data.
Facebook Lite hits emerging markets for low-end Androids
While Facebook constantly rolls out updates to its core mobile app at such a short span of time, low-end Android devices – some of which have limited RAM – are consistently being compromised in terms of performance and speed.
Facebook’s voice-to-text app is a bit late
Facebook appears more to be catching up with what its competitors have already rolled out to the market than innovating on new products. The social media company is said to be experimenting on a voice-to-text application for the Messenger service to allow users of the app to convert spoken words into written texts.
Billions of Android phones at risk as Google refuses to patch bug
If you are using an Android phone that runs the operating system’s version 4.3 or below, you are potentially at risk from a huge security flaw that Google refuses to fix.
