Tagged: Security

Two Google Play Apps, Songs and Prized, Install Cryptocurrency Mining Code on Over 1 Million Android Phones

Two Google Play Apps, Songs and Prized, Install Cryptocurrency Mining Code on Over 1 Million Android Phones

Two programs on Android app marketplace Google Play, Songs and Prized, were found to be infected with the malicious cryptocurrency mining code ANDROIDOS_KAGECOIN.HBTB, based on the well-known software cpuminer. This code connects unwitting victim’s phones to a pool of high-end machine processors and runs in the background to mine Litecoin and Dogecoin and create new e-coins. These two apps were...

TEO LT

TEO, First Lock The World Controlled Via Smartphone

TEO is a padlock with Bluetooth connection that is completely controlled from a smartphone or other compatible device. You can keep all who use it, control how long and where it is being used. It seems that nowadays everything is controlled with a smartphone from the accessories for pets , through the apparatus for controlling the health and even the locks on the do or of the house. Having a master...