Scanning documents on Android phones typically requires specific apps. However, if you use the Files by Google app on your device, you can now scan documents right within the app. In addition, you can ...

As most smartphones pack a good camera nowadays, you don’t need bulk scanners or printers to scan office documents anymore. Some apps on the Google Play Store allow you to scan documents in high ...

Update July 25, 07:04 EDT: Revised story to list "The space team" as the threat actor behind the malicious code. Google has removed a popular Android barcode scanner app with over 10 million installs ...

Lavabird Ltd.'s Barcode Scanner was an Android app that had been available on Google's official app repository for years. The app, accounting for over 10 million installs, offered a QR code reader and ...

“When good apps go bad” seems to be the name of the digital game nowadays. The Great Suspender browser extension recently showed its true colors, and now joining it in malware purgatory is the ...

A popular Android barcode scanner app has been outed as malicious. Barcode Scanner was discovered to harbor a trojan that opens bogus sites and prompts app downloads. The app has since been removed ...

After a December update, the Barcode Scanner Android app from Lavabird injected annoying pop-up ads inside users' mobile browsers, according to Malwarebytes. Users of a barcode scanner app on the ...

Over the last decade, smartphones have evolved in a way that they have replaced several gadgets like point and shoot cameras, music players, and the list keeps growing. Remember the time when you had ...

A benign barcode scanner with more than 10 million downloads from Google Play has been caught receiving an upgrade that turned it to the dark side, prompting the search-and-advertising giant to remove ...

The co-creator says he regrets ever making it open source The co-creator says he regrets ever making it open source is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and ...