#deepfakes

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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 deepfake is not the interesting part — Meta's support bot added the attacker's email without asking a human

2026-08-17Security

Attackers took over Instagram accounts using photos from the target's own public profile, a public deepfake generator and a VPN. Better liveness detection would not have stopped it, because the bot could be talked into the rest.