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Fake Google Chrome, Safari Updates Infecting Mac Computers With AMOS Malware
Google Chrome and Safari fake updates for macOS are now infecting Mac computers with the nefarious Atomic Stealer malware, also known as AMOS. As part of a social engineering campaign called ClearFake that impersonates Google and Apple's websites, the AMOS malware is installed on users computers and steals passwords and private files stored on macO...
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Crypto Scammers Fishing Victims on Android, iOS Via ChatGPT, Other AI Tools: Sophos
Crypto scammers are increasingly leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT to breach the security protocols offered by Google and Apple, targeting members of the crypto community via fake apps. A total of seven malicious apps have been identified by Sophos that were available on Apple’s App Store and Google Play Stor...
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Fake ‘Trezor Wallet Suite’ Tops Apple App Store’s Search Results, Bitcoiners Exercise Caution
Apple’s App Store has been showing a fake copy of a legitimate crypto wallet app, Trezor. The name of this fake app is ‘Trezor Wallet Suite’. These search results had been emerging for users across the US and the UK.
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Baidu Sues Apple, Other App Developers Over Fake Copies of Ernie Bot App
Chinese search engine giant Baidu has filed lawsuits against "relevant" app developers and Apple over fake copies of its Ernie bot app available on Apple's App Store. The company's artificial intelligence powered Ernie bot, launched last month, has been touted as China's closest answer to the US-developed chatbot ChatGPT.
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Fake Apps Masked as Cryptocurrency, Trading, Banking Apps Duping iOS, Android Customers: Sophos
Sophos found these fake apps while looking into a fraudulent mobile trading app that masqueraded as one tied to a well-known Asia-based trading company, Goldenway Group. Sophos says that schemes to distribute these fake apps are leveraged though dating sites and social media. These apps are made cleverly to look like those belonging to the actual l...
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Chinese Apps: Government Denies Passing Order to Ban TikTok, CamScanner, Others From Google Play, App Store
The government on Friday refuted a viral message claiming that that the Ministry of Electronics & IT (Meity) has put restrictions on several "Chinese applications" in India.
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Fake Alexa Companion App Tops App Store Charts Before Apple Takes It Down
A fake app posing as the official companion app for Amazon Alexa smart speakers managed to top the App Store charts before it was taken down by Apple.
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iPhone Repair Fraud in China Cost Apple Billions of Dollars: Report
Fraudulent iPhone repair claims made in China cost Apple billions of dollars over a period of five years, according to a report in The Information.
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Apple Revises App Store Review Guidelines, Bans Misleading Apps Such as iOS Virus Scanners
Apple has now explicitly stated that it will ban apps that offer fake services at a premium, like many pointless virus scanning apps that have thronged the App Store.
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Pokemon Go: Fake Apps Infiltrate Google Play Store, Says ESET
The plague of malicious tricks surrounding the AR game highlights the security risk posed by Android's relatively open ecosystem.
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Pokemon Go Clones, Fake Apps Dominate Charts on iOS App Store
The regions where Nintendo didn't launch Pokemon Go are where clones rule the roost.
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Why China's Fake Apple Stores are Shutting Down
With China's economy growing at its slowest pace in a quarter of a century last year, there are concerns that consumers are tightening their purse strings.
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China's Fickle Fake Stores Cool On Apple, For Now
At 22, Cheung is already a veteran of China's imitation game. A month ago, she was peddling the latest iPhones and accessories in one of several copycat Apple Inc stores along a street of gadget outlets in the southern city of Shenzhen.
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China's 'Fake' Apple Stores Thrive Ahead of iPhone 6s Launch
Many of the stores look just like Apple's signature outlets, right down to the sales staff kitted out in blue T-shirts bearing the company's white logo.
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China's 'Fake' Apple Stores Thrive Ahead of New iPhone Launch
On a bustling street in China's southern boomtown of Shenzhen, more than 30 stores carrying Apple Inc's iconic white logos peddle pre-orders for the new iPhone, a gadget that has become a status symbol among many better-off Chinese.
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Fake Google Chrome, Safari Updates Infecting Mac Computers With AMOS Malware
Google Chrome and Safari fake updates for macOS are now infecting Mac computers with the nefarious Atomic Stealer malware, also known as AMOS. As part of a social engineering campaign called ClearFake that impersonates Google and Apple's websites, the AMOS malware is installed on users computers and steals passwords and private files stored on macO...
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Crypto Scammers Fishing Victims on Android, iOS Via ChatGPT, Other AI Tools: Sophos
Crypto scammers are increasingly leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT to breach the security protocols offered by Google and Apple, targeting members of the crypto community via fake apps. A total of seven malicious apps have been identified by Sophos that were available on Apple’s App Store and Google Play Stor...
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Fake ‘Trezor Wallet Suite’ Tops Apple App Store’s Search Results, Bitcoiners Exercise Caution
Apple’s App Store has been showing a fake copy of a legitimate crypto wallet app, Trezor. The name of this fake app is ‘Trezor Wallet Suite’. These search results had been emerging for users across the US and the UK.
-
Baidu Sues Apple, Other App Developers Over Fake Copies of Ernie Bot App
Chinese search engine giant Baidu has filed lawsuits against "relevant" app developers and Apple over fake copies of its Ernie bot app available on Apple's App Store. The company's artificial intelligence powered Ernie bot, launched last month, has been touted as China's closest answer to the US-developed chatbot ChatGPT.
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Fake Apps Masked as Cryptocurrency, Trading, Banking Apps Duping iOS, Android Customers: Sophos
Sophos found these fake apps while looking into a fraudulent mobile trading app that masqueraded as one tied to a well-known Asia-based trading company, Goldenway Group. Sophos says that schemes to distribute these fake apps are leveraged though dating sites and social media. These apps are made cleverly to look like those belonging to the actual l...
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Chinese Apps: Government Denies Passing Order to Ban TikTok, CamScanner, Others From Google Play, App Store
The government on Friday refuted a viral message claiming that that the Ministry of Electronics & IT (Meity) has put restrictions on several "Chinese applications" in India.
-
Fake Alexa Companion App Tops App Store Charts Before Apple Takes It Down
A fake app posing as the official companion app for Amazon Alexa smart speakers managed to top the App Store charts before it was taken down by Apple.
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iPhone Repair Fraud in China Cost Apple Billions of Dollars: Report
Fraudulent iPhone repair claims made in China cost Apple billions of dollars over a period of five years, according to a report in The Information.
-
Apple Revises App Store Review Guidelines, Bans Misleading Apps Such as iOS Virus Scanners
Apple has now explicitly stated that it will ban apps that offer fake services at a premium, like many pointless virus scanning apps that have thronged the App Store.
-
Pokemon Go: Fake Apps Infiltrate Google Play Store, Says ESET
The plague of malicious tricks surrounding the AR game highlights the security risk posed by Android's relatively open ecosystem.
-
Pokemon Go Clones, Fake Apps Dominate Charts on iOS App Store
The regions where Nintendo didn't launch Pokemon Go are where clones rule the roost.
-
Why China's Fake Apple Stores are Shutting Down
With China's economy growing at its slowest pace in a quarter of a century last year, there are concerns that consumers are tightening their purse strings.
-
China's Fickle Fake Stores Cool On Apple, For Now
At 22, Cheung is already a veteran of China's imitation game. A month ago, she was peddling the latest iPhones and accessories in one of several copycat Apple Inc stores along a street of gadget outlets in the southern city of Shenzhen.
-
China's 'Fake' Apple Stores Thrive Ahead of iPhone 6s Launch
Many of the stores look just like Apple's signature outlets, right down to the sales staff kitted out in blue T-shirts bearing the company's white logo.
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China's 'Fake' Apple Stores Thrive Ahead of New iPhone Launch
On a bustling street in China's southern boomtown of Shenzhen, more than 30 stores carrying Apple Inc's iconic white logos peddle pre-orders for the new iPhone, a gadget that has become a status symbol among many better-off Chinese.
