It's why I always recommend downloading apps from official app stores, like the iOS App Store and Google Play Store, rather than a random website: Apple and Google both have policies to scan for malware and stop them before reaching app stores.

A new piece of malware has been discovered on the App Store that attempts to steal information from unsuspecting users by scanning their photo libraries for screenshots containing targeted keywords. These are typically related to crypto wallets,

A new case of iPhone malware has been discovered in apps downloaded from the App Store. It reads your screenshots looking for key info.

Malicious software development kits (SDKs) embedded in apps on Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store are scanning user images to extract cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases

A newly discovered malware campaign is stealing cryptocurrency from iOS by exploiting vulnerabilities in apps available on the App Store.

Kaspersky researchers flagged malware that scans users' photos for crypto wallet recovery phrases key phrases and steals them.

Researchers from Kaspersky have identified malware being distributed within apps on both Android and iOS mobile storefronts. Dmitry Kalinin and Sergey Puzan shared their investigation into a malware campaign,

"This case once again shatters the myth that iOS is somehow impervious to threats posed by malicious apps targeting Android,” says Kaspersky’s analysis.

Malware that includes code for reading the contents of screenshots has been found in suspicious App Store apps for the first time, according to