If you think that the media files you receive on your end-to-end encrypted secure messaging apps can not be tampered with, you need to think again. Security researchers at Symantec yesterday demonstrated multiple interesting attack scenarios against WhatsApp and Telegram Android apps, which could allow malicious actors to spread fake news or scam users into sending payments to wrong accounts.

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Two thirds of Android antimalware apps are ineffective or unreliable

Published: 2019-03-14 12:12:54

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Author: Zeljka Zorz

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Choosing an effective Android antimalware app is a shot in the dark for many users and they may end up in more danger of malicious apps, not less. In fact, as the results of AV-Comparatives’ latest test of Android antimalware apps has shown, only 80 of the 250 security apps tested detected over 30 percent of malicious apps and had no false positives, and only 50 achieved detection rates from 90 to 100 percent. The … More → The post Two thirds of Android antimalware apps are ineffective or unreliable appeared first on Help Net Security.

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