Security researchers at Trend Micro say they have uncovered "several vulnerabilities" within an Android application that has been downloaded more than 1 billion times from Google Play. The app is ...

Attackers can exploit SHAREit permissions to execute malicious code through vulnerabilities that remain unpatched three months after app makers were informed. An Android app that’s been downloaded ...

In brief: The convenience of sharing files between all of your devices may come with some unwanted security risks, especially if you're using one of the popular apps in the Google Play Store to do so.

Singapore-based Smart Media4U Technology said today that it fixed SHAREit vulnerabilities that may have allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely on users' devices. The security bugs impact ...

At what point should Google and Apple (and throw in F-Droid or whatever other App Store) be responsible for vetting the security of some of these apps? Regardless of recall laws, if the wheels come ...

An Android application downloaded more than one billion times contains unpatched vulnerabilities that the app maker has failed to fix for more than three months. Mobile devices continue their march ...

SHAREit has fixed two flaws in its app that allow bad actors to authenticate their devices and steal files from a victim’s device. Two high-severity flaws in the SHAREit Android app allow an attacker ...

Half a billion. That's how many downloads Lenovo's SHAREit app has clocked on the Play Store so far. Part of it should technically be due to the fact that the app comes pre-installed on many of Lenovo ...

What about a “label” that the app has been audited and it is OK? I don’t know if stores could do that themselves or if the auditor has a “webpage” where it lists the audited software with the results ...