Over 170 mobile apps in the Android ecosystem have been identified as scam services designed to jump on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. Lookout researchers said this week that the apps, 25 of which were ...

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Security firm Lookout found the apps, saying that they "advertise themselves as providing cloud cryptocurrency mining services for a fee". The team did a detailed analysis of the apps and found that ...

Dozens of Android Cryptocurrency Mining Apps Turn Out to Be Scams According to Lookout, 25 of the programs were available on the Google Play Store, ranging in price from $10.99 to $20.99. Google has ...

Researchers from Chinese Cybersecurity company 360Netlab has discovered a new Android-based cryptocurrency mining malware that infects vulnerable Android devices to mine cryptocurrency, as reported in ...

Kaspersky Lab discovered multiple instances of malicious Android mining apps appearing on the Google Play Store. One of these apps was downloaded over 100,000 times before it was discovered and ...

Trend Micro security experts have warned users today about a new type of Android malware that infects devices and untetheredly mines Monero in the phone's background until the battery is exhausted or ...

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