Over 1 million Google accounts may have been breached by Gooligan malware

A new malware strand called Gooligan may have breached over 1 million Google accounts over the past several months. That's the claim from the Check Point security firm, which released its findings today.

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As with many other malware attacks on an Android-based device, Gooligan starts when the end user either downloads an infected app from a third party store (not Google Play) or if a person clicks on a link in an SMS or email message that sends them to the malware source.

Once Gooligan is installed, Check Point claims it sends out data on the infected device to a command and control server. Then it downloads rootkit software that can steal information such as email accounts and authorization tokens that can be used to breach Google accounts. The blog states that the majority of infected Android devices are in Asia, but about 19 percent of those devices are in the Americas.

Check Point has a list of the known apps that have been infected by the Gooligan malware. It also says it has already sent the information it collected on this breach to Google. Adrian Ludwig, Google's director of Android security, is quoted in the blog post as saying that the company has "taken numerous steps to protect our users and improve the security of the Android ecosystem overall."

In the meantime, most people can likely avoid having their Android smartphone or tablet get infected by staying away from unsecured third-party app stores and not clicking on any random links from emails and messages from unknown sources.

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YouTube adds 4K live streaming for standard and 360-degree videos

YouTube has been able to support 4K videos for the past several years, but today, the service has hitched that support up a notch. It can now support live streaming of videos in 4K resolution. That's for both its standard clips as well as 360-degree videos for virtual reality headsets. It also supports frame rates at up to 60fps at that higher resolution.

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One of the first such examples of 4K live streaming on YouTube will happen on Thursday, December 1. That's when it will be used to stream the annual Game Awards, which celebrates the past year in video games as well as showing off preview footage of upcoming titles. If you have a 4K TV or monitor, you can watch the Game Awards at the new resolution on YouTube starting at 6p.m. Eastern time.

This is just the latest update for the streaming video service owned by Google. It recently added support for uploading and viewing High Dynamic Range (HDR) videos and a few weeks ago it launched a stand alone VR app that is compatible with Google's Daydream View smartphone headsets.

Get it at Google Play

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10 best new Android games of November 2016!

Android gaming is getting bigger and better every month it seems and there is always a slew of new titles coming to Google Play. Whether you're a casual gamer or you want something with a beat more meat on its bones, there's usually a game coming out to suit everyone's taste. Let's take a look at the best new Android games from the last month! You can watch the videos on YouTube from passed months by clicking here!

• Best New Android apps from the last month
• Best Android games of 2016

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Asphalt Xtreme

[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
Asphalt Xtreme is the latest game in the Asphalt franchise. Unlike the prior game where you drive cars over tracks, Xtreme has you driving off-road vehicles over various off-road courses. You'll have about three dozen vehicles to unlock and play with. It includes a rather lengthy campaign mode that includes various challenges to help keep things fresh. There is also online multiplayer mode if you want to play that. It's a good looking game with decent mechanics. The only caveat is that it's rather aggressive with its freemium content.

Download now on Google Play!

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Astral Frontier

[Price: $4.99]
Astral Frontier is the latest game out of Kemco, a developer known for its mobile RPG titles. It plays like a classic jRPG from the 1990s. You'll be exploring various places, fighting bad guys, and trying to save the world. It also includes an elemental stone mechanics to help liven things up a bit. Players will notice that is a little dry and there is tons of dialog. Otherwise, it's a fun experience for those who like a retro feel to their RPG experience. It's $4.99, but there are no in-app purchases.

Download now on Google Play!

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Batman – The Telltale Series

[Price: Free / $4.99 per episode]
Batman – The Telltale Series is an episodic adventure game about Batman from Telltale Games. This adventure follows Batman through a new story line that promises to be as gritty and violent as the Batman series can get. You'll also meet a number of characters from the Batman universe. This one is having more issues than usual for a newly released game which is a bit of a bummer. However, Telltale is known for their high quality game play so we imagine these issues will be worked out eventually. For now, keep this one on your radar.

Download now on Google Play!

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Eisenhorn: Xenos

[Price: $5.99]
Eisenhorn: Xenos is an adventure game that takes place in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. It's also based on a book by the same name. You'll play Gregor Eisenhorn, an Inquisitor that has some stuff that needs done. You'll be fighting bad guys and exploring the world under this premise. It has pretty decent graphics and game play along with some special powers to help you along the way. It's also fully voice acted if that matters to you. It's $5.99 with no in-app purchases.

Download now on Google Play!

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Gear.Club

[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
Gear.Club is a new racing game that tries to focus more on realism. It boasts a mechanics engine that adheres to realistic expectations of what a car can do. It also has some pretty decent graphics. On top of its looks, you'll be racing through various courses, upgrading and unlocking new vehicles, and there is an online multiplayer mode that you can engage with. Like the Batman game mentioned earlier, this one has a few more issues than what would be considered normal for a new game. It's free to download if you want to try it.

Download now on Google Play!

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September 4, 2016

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Jade Empire: Special Edition

[Price: $9.99]
Jade Empire is actually an old Xbox game from Bioware that has been officially ported to Android. This new special edition contains the entire game that we all know and loved from many years ago along with additional content specific to this mobile version. The mechanics have been adapted for mobile and it turned out pretty well. This is a rather large and epic game that boasts about 40 hours of game play. It costs $9.99, but there are no in-app purchases.

Download now on Google Play!

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Microsoft Solitaire Colleciton

[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
Microsoft released their eponymous Solitaire game to Google Play. The Microsoft Solitaire Collection comes with a total of five variants of Solitaire, including Klondike (traditional), Spider, Freecell, Tripeaks, and Pyramid. The game is entirely free to play and you can replay them as often as you want. You'll have to deal with some advertisements, but otherwise the game is free. You can pop down some money for platinum status which actually doesn't add all that much.

Download now on Google Play!

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Neko Collector

[Price: Free]
Neko Collector is a port of the Easter egg game in Android Nougat. It allows most devices to play the game for a little bit of fun. Truth be told, there isn't a lot to this game. You'll lay out some food, a cat shows up, and you add it to your collection. The goal is to collect every cat. It's a simple game that doesn't take much battery and it seems to work rather well. It's completely free which is also a plus.

Download now on Google Play!

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PinOut

[Price: Free / $2.99]
Pinout is an arcade pinball game from the same developers that brought us Smash Hit. This is an endless runner game with pinball mechanics. You'll try to shoot the ball through an infinite level to see how far you can get. It features bright, neon colors, smooth game play, and it culminates in an excellent experience that should leave you feeling elated. It's a time waster style of game, but it's free to play with no advertising. You can throw down for the full version which includes a couple of additional features.

Download now on Google Play!

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The Trail

[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
The Trail is a freemium game created by Peter Molyneaux. For those who don't know, he's done a lot in the God Game genre, including the mobile game Godus. The Trail will have you traveling down a trail, meeting travelers, trading for stuff, and eventually settling down to create your own town. You'll also craft stuff, explore various places, and more. It has a unique graphical style and it's an overall enjoyable experience. The only caveat is that it is a freemium game with the usual pitfalls.

Download now on Google Play!

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If we missed any great new Android games, tell us about them in the comments! To see our complete list of best app lists, click here.

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Netflix now lets you watch shows offline

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Netflix is rolling out an update for its Android and iOS apps that finally adds one of the most requested features for the popular video streaming service. The app will now allow users to download select TV shows and movies for offline playback.

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There have been rumors for months that Netflix was going to add support for downloadable content, but today, the company flipped the switch on that feature. The bad news is that not every movie and TV series supports downloading for offline use, most likely due to previously copyright agreements with some studios.

Netflix's blog post indicates that some of its original TV shows like Stranger Things, Orange is the New Black, Narcos and The Crown all support the new download feature. As you can see from the screenshot above, users will be able to see if their movie or TV series can be downloaded with a downward arrow icon. The company says more films and TV shows will gain the download access feature in the coming months.

This new feature will be available worldwide across all of Netflix's markets and best of all, the company won't be raising its subscription fees or making people pay extra for downloading videos. This will certainly be a huge help for people who have a limited cellular data plan but who still want to binge watch videos while on the road or on an airplane flight, which normally does not support streaming media on Wi-Fi.

One word of warning: the change notes for the updated Netflix app shows that the downloadable video feature won't work on all devices, but there's no word on which Android products won't support it.

Get it on Google Play

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Alto’s Adventure developer announces DISTANT – and we hope it’s Android-bound

Snowman, the developer of the hit Android and iOS snowboarding game Alto's Adventure, has unveiled its latest project, DISTANT. The game, which is being created in partnership with Australian indie developer Slingshot & Satchel, was revealed in a blog post yesterday along with its first trailer.

The video captures a similar ethereal tone to that of Alto's Adventure and takes place inside a cavern. A caped avatar is seen attempting to jump between two columns and looks set to fall short. However, it is propelled forward by an unknown force to make it to the other side. Take a look at it in the official trailer below.

In an interview with Killscreen, Chris Wearing, who formed Slingshot & Satchel with his fiancé Megan Campbell, said, "Without giving too much away, DISTANT is our attempt to take a meaningful pause and reexamine what aspects of traditional genres like platformers might be walled off unnecessarily […] to marry traditionally disparate concepts like 'zen play' and tight, satisfying challenge and explore a tonal space where they might not be so mutually exclusive after all."

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Snowman said that DISTANT is coming to Mac, PC, console, and Apple TV in its announcement post, but added that it currently doesn't have any information regarding release dates or pricing.

Though there's no mention of Android there, a port remains a possibility: Snowman co-founder Ryan Cash confirmed to us that the game is being developed on Unity, a game engine renowned for its cross-platform compatibility. Moreover, the GPU requirements for Mac, PC and Linux on Unity is Open GL. Android and iOS make use of Open GL ES, so if I'm not barking up the wrong tree, any graphical limitations either don't exist or should be relatively easily overcome. Alto's Adventure was also ported to Google's platform almost a year after being released on iOS.

@kriscarlon @playdistant We're building the game in Unity – that's all I can really say for now. Sorry Kris!

— Ryan Cash (@ryanacash) November 30, 2016

You can keep tabs on DISTANT's progress via its Twitter, Facebook and YouTube channels, as well as on the Snowman Blog. If you're as keen to see DISTANT make it to Android as I am, feel free to throw your support behind a mobile adaptation via the social channels mentioned above.

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Deal: LG G5 for $449 with $300 worth of free Friends

LG's experiment with modular smartphones may have already come to an abrupt end, but if you like the idea then you can still pick up a pretty good deal on the G5 and a small selection of the company's "Friends" accessories.

B&H Photo is currently selling the 32GB unlocked LG G5 (RS988) for just $449.99. The retailer is also throwing in a LG CAM Plus module, a LG 360 VR headset, a charging cradle, and a free spare battery with every purchase. All of those goodies are worth $297.96 combined, according to the listing, and the whole bundle saves you $200 on the G5's suggested retail price anyway.

Even if you're not particularly interested in the modular aspect of the phone, $449.99 is still pretty good for a handset that boasts a 5.3-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 820 processor, 16MP and 8MP dual rear camera combination, USB Type-C port, and a removable 2,800mAh battery. For a closer look at the handset's capabilities, check out our review and comparisons below.

 

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B&H Photo says will ship out the phone next day while stocks last, and the RS988 model will work on most GSM and CDMA carriers in the US. If you're interested, hit the button below to check out the deal.

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Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe and Zenfone 3 Ultra now available in India

The Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe (ZS570KL) and Zenfone 3 Ultra (ZU680KL) are now available in India. Starting today, you can get your hands on both devices in select Asus Preferred Partner's retail outlets across the country as well as on all major online sales portals.

The Zenfone 3 Deluxe, the smaller of the two, comes in two different variants. One has the Snapdragon 821 processor and 256 GB of storage while the other features the slightly older Snapdragon 820 processor and 64 GB of space. Both versions also boast an impressive 6 GB of RAM, a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED 1080p display, a 23 MP camera with an f/2.0 aperture and optical image stabilization, along with an 8 MP selfie snapper.

The first version is priced at INR 62,999 while the model with the Snapdragon 820 processor can be yours for INR 49,999. They are both available in either the Glacier Silver or Sand Gold color option.

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If you're looking for an even bigger device, the Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra might be more up your alley, as it features a massive 6.8 Full HD display. You'll find the Snapdragon 652 processor under the hood along with 4 GB or RAM and 64 GB of storage. Meanwhile, the camera setup is the same as on its already described smaller brother (23 MP + 8 MP).

The Zenfone 3 Ultra retails for INR 49,999 and comes in Titanium Grey and Glacier Silver.

To learn more about these two devices, feel free to check out our Asus Zenfone 3 family hands-on. And if you're thinking of buying the Asus Zenfone 3 Deluxe or the larger Ultra model, do let us know by posting a comment below.

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