What is fleeceware and why should you care?

Malware. Adware. Ransomware. So many “wares” thrown around these days in the world of cybersecurity. The latest addition to this list is known as ‘fleeceware’. The term was coined by UK cybersecurity firm Sophos in September 2019. This was following the firm’s discovery of a new type of financial fraud on the Google Play Store.