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1.8M Android APKs Scanned for Hardcoded Secrets in Automated Attack

Attackers scanned 1.8 million Android APKs for hardcoded secrets, showing why developers need stronger credential management and production-build security. Read more →
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Cybercriminals used Claude, Anthropic's artificial intelligence model, to analyze about 1.8 million Android applications in search of credentials, tokens and other sensitive data, revealed the company. Attackers downloaded the application files and resorted to automated tools to disassemble and examine the code. Data considered relevant were later [...] Cybercriminal content resorts to AI to analyze millions of Android applications appears first…

Attackers have used the artificial intelligence of the provider Anthropic for large-scale cyberattacks. Using the technology, they searched millions of apps for access data.

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chip.de broke the news on Monday, September 14, 2026.
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