APP scams use diverse methods like e-commerce fraud and phishing emails to trick you into sending money. Protect yourself by not engaging with online profiles requesting money, and by confirming ...

Large-scale purge: Google removed 28 Android apps that misled users with false promises of accessing private call logs, SMS messages, and WhatsApp activity. Fake data scam: The apps generated ...

ESET found 28 CallPhantom scam apps on Google Play that promised fake call logs and had reached more than 7.3 million downloads before being removed.

Android expanded its in-call scam protection pilot to the US, partnering with banks like JPMorganChase. The feature introduces additional security measures in these situations, such as automatically ...

Apple has frequently cited insecure and scam apps as justification for wanting all iPhone apps to be sold exclusively in the company’s own App Store. Numerous reports, however, have found that there ...

Apple rejected over 2 million problematic app submissions and blocked more than 1.1 billion fraudulent account creations in its App Stores during 2025.

Apple says AI plus human review blocked $2.2B in App Store fraud in 2025, stopping stolen cards, fake accounts, and bad apps—read the key stats.