70 Million Suspicious Transactions Done By This App

in news •  5 years ago 

Despite such tight security of Google, many apps continue to be found on the Play Store which are extremely dangerous for the personal data of the users. Just a few days ago 15 such apps were seen on Google Play Store which were stealing users' personal data. These were also removed by Google from its Play Store.

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The upstream security platform Secure-D released a report stating that there is an app called SnapTube that allows users to download them to watch offline YouTube videos. It is making invisible advertisements, non-human clicks and payments. The upstream security platform Secure-D released a report stating that there is an app called SnapTube that allows users to download them to watch offline YouTube videos. It is making invisible advertisements, non-human clicks and payments. According to the report, SnapTube has done 70 million suspicious transactions from 4.4 million unique devices in just 6 months. Secure-D has blocked all these transactions which could have charged users a premium charge of $ 91 million. Upstream has said that users from Brazil, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and South Africa are more affected by this attack.

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