Delete these two apps that steal your photos, videos, location and more, experts warn

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[BenLurkin]

Anyone who downloaded File Recovery & Data Recovery or File Manager are urged to wipe the allegedly compromised apps from their devices.

According to cybersecurity firm Pradeo, the supposed file management applications are actually “programmed to launch without users’ interaction, and to silently exfiltrate sensitive users’ data towards various malicious servers based in China.”

[gdzla]

All belong to us.

[TheCipher]

What a worthless article. There are many apps called File Manager on the play store. They say the 2 apps are by the same developer, but don’t give the developers name.

[TheCipher]

I see you have to go to bleeping computer to see the screen shots.

[donozark]

Just had security update on Mac this morning.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I’ve used CX File Explorer for years. Secure, simple and free with no ads.

[chopperk]

Vague article.

[Paal Gulli]

"What a worthless article. There are many apps called File Manager on the play store...."

If they hadn't gone out of their way to mention G**gle, you wouldn't even have been able to tell if it's an Android app or an iPhone app.

"File Recovery & Data Recovery or File Manager"

And is that one app, two apps, OR THREE? The idiotic article isn't clear.

Thanks a lot, Ben!

[BenLurkin]

I’ll be sure to ping you with any updates.

[sauropod]

Um, what?