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[Update: Cheetah and DO Global Respond] A Tale of Two Shady Apps: QuickPic is back on Google Play while ES File Explorer disappears

[Update: Cheetah and DO Global Respond] A Tale of Two Shady Apps: QuickPic is back on Google Play while ES File Explorer disappears

April 29, 2019
Earlier this month, it was reported that a bevy of apps by the Chinese company DO Global were partaking in fraudulent activities, abusing permissions and clicking on ads without users' permission to generate fake impressions. In response to these accounts, Google ousted them from the Google Play Store and restricted any attempts to monetize these...
[Update: Fix Rolling Out] ES File Explorer vulnerability allows an attacker on the same network to grab any file from your phone, but it’ll be fixed

[Update: Fix Rolling Out] ES File Explorer vulnerability allows an attacker on the same network to grab any file from your phone, but it’ll be fixed

January 18, 2019
ES File Explorer was once touted as the file explorer to beat before being bought out by Cheetah Mobile. The application quickly became inundated with advertisements, but those with premium versions of the application may have continued to use it. Even now, I know people who still use the free version of the application, citing...
PSA: Latest Update to ES File Explorer Brings Adware to Your Lockscreen

PSA: Latest Update to ES File Explorer Brings Adware to Your Lockscreen

May 10, 2016
We've talked about ES File Explorer before. This file manager was amongst one of the most popular file explorers in the post-Gingerbread era, and continues to ride up on its popularity and functionality. The app currently sits in the One Hundred Million to Five Hundred Million app installs, which is certainly an achievement. However, recent changes...