https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Log on to any app store, and parents will find hundreds of options for children that claim to be educational. But new research suggests these apps might not be as beneficial to children as they seem. https://phys.org/news/2021-05-apps-children-beneficial.html Education Mon, 10 May 2021 15:10:10 EDT news539878206 Malicious apps from a campaign called "Agent Smith" have been downloaded to 25 million Android devices, according to new research by cyber-security firm Check Point. https://phys.org/news/2019-07-malicious-apps-infect-million-android.html Consumer & Gadgets Thu, 11 Jul 2019 10:00:01 EDT news482055103 (Phys.org) -- How to lose friends and de-influence people: An app called "Find and Call" has been passing itself off as a mobile phone-book helper but has been discovered to be a Trojan which, once downloaded, has all the user’s address book contacts uploaded to a remote server where it proceeds to fire off SMS messages posing as the user. Find and Call was found both on the iOS App Store and Google Play store. Kaspersky Lab sounded the alarm on Thursday in a report from Kaspersky Lab expert Denis Maslennikov. https://phys.org/news/2012-07-kaspersky-lab-trojan-phone-book.html Software Fri, 06 Jul 2012 05:10:01 EDT news260768061