The malware authors behind TrickBot banking Trojan have developed a new Android app that can intercept one-time authorization codes sent to Internet banking customers via SMS or relatively more secure push notifications, and complete fraudulent transactions. The Android app, called « TrickMo » by IBM X-Force researchers, is under active development and has exclusively targeted German users
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Java is considered to be the heart of the Android operating system, and so, for every Android developer, there is hardly any alternative than Java. Well, at last, a superb alternative to Java has appeared with a lot of value packed within. Kotlin is a programming language that comes as a better and more effective alternative to Java for Android development.
At this moment even, the Android community is abuzz with the discussion on Kotlin. This is precisely why we are going to explain the five key features of Kotlin.
In this tutorial, we’ll learn more about Fragments — what are they, how to use them, and how to create them.
A Fragment represents a portion of the user interface. You can combine multiple fragments in a single activity to build a multi-pane UI and reuse a fragment in multiple activities.
In the current technological era, it is normal to find 4-5 new Android-based apps uploaded to the Play Store every week. Seeing competitors deliver apps so frequently creates pressure to deliver quality apps in a short span of time. During this limited time, mobile application development and testing of the business’ purpose should be achieved. With this pressure, there is a need to automate certain processes which can save time while providing a trusted output.
That being said, mobile test automation can save a lot of time and is always preferred over the entire manual test execution process. With much less effort, the verification of frequent test cases that manual execution requires can be automated, and more effort can be diverted to new features of the application, which are vulnerable and tend to have more defects.
Google has been hit by a record-breaking $5 billion antitrust fine by the European Union regulators for abusing the dominance of its Android mobile operating system and thwarting competitors. That’s the largest ever antitrust penalty. Though Android is an open-source and free operating system, device manufacturers still have to obtain a license, with certain conditions, from Google to
Le portage de application aujourd’hui disponible via Windows 10 et la Xbox permettrait de doper les achats sur le store de Microsoft.
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Un groupe de chercheurs s’est penché sur les applications mobiles Android afin d’étudier les outils de tracking mis en place par celles-ci. Ils n’ont pas trouvé d’application exploitant les enregistrements micro, mais alertent en revanche sur certaines applications n’hésitant pas à prendre des captures d’écran du comportement de l’utilisateur.
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Android publie une dernière version beta de la nouvelle mouture d’Android, pour l’instant connue sous le nom d’Android P. Celle-ci serait selon Google « très proche » de la version finale.
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La possibilité de télécharger et d’installer des applications ne provenant pas de la boutique officielle de Google constitue une des principales fragilités de la plate-forme.
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