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The fake reward apps moved to the one Play Store shelf where nobody can leave a public review

2026-09-12Gadgets

Bitdefender found thousands of apps in Google Play's Early Access program — fake casino, reward and cash-out games promoted with deepfake celebrity ads. Early Access exists so unfinished apps are not judged too soon, which means only the developer sees feedback. For an app that never intends to launch, that shield never comes down.

The malware did not disable your antivirus. You did, to stop it complaining about the wallpaper app

2026-09-01Security

ValleyRAT is hiding inside QN Wallpaper, a genuine signed Chinese desktop app that bundles adware. Because the adware trips antivirus, users add it to the exclusion list — and the backdoor rides in through the hole they made. Kaspersky counted over 100,000 detections across 1,500-plus users, mostly in China and India.