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A rogue “Guide for Pokémon GO” app made it into Google Play’s marketplace and gave attackers root access to any Android device it was installed on. Continue reading Phony Pokémon GO Android App Gave Attackers Root Access
CuckooDroid is an extension of Cuckoo Sandbox the Open Source software for automating analysis of suspicious files, for Android malware analysis. CuckooDroid brings to Cuckoo the capabilities of execution and analysis of android applications. CuckooDro… Continue reading CuckooDroid – Automated Android Malware Analysis
Android has Fallen! Yet another set of Android security vulnerabilities has been discovered in Qualcomm chipsets that affect more than 900 Million Android smartphones and tablets worldwide.
What’s even worse: Most of those affected Android devices wil… Continue reading Warning! Over 900 Million Android Phones Vulnerable to New ‘QuadRooter’ Attack
Mike Mimoso, Tom Spring and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including all things Android: the crypto weakness, the full disk encryption bypass, and new malware, Hummingbad, which impacts the mobile operating system. The three also discuss the… Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap, July 8, 2016
So Android Malware has always been quite a problem, especially with it being so easy to install random .apk files and the proliferation of 3rd party app stores. Also so many people with rooted phones and the fact that software installed can root your phone and take complete control. The current worry is the Hummer […]
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The same group of cybercriminals behind YiSpecter, a strain of iOS malware uncovered last year, are also behind a new type of Android malware, HummingBad.
Continue reading Chinese Ad Firm Raking in $300K a Month Through Adfraud, Android Malware
An Android-based malware campaign has been found to control as many as 85 million Android devices globally and is making its gang an estimated $300,000 per month in fraudulent ad revenue.
A Chinese advertising company called Yingmob is responsible for… Continue reading Chinese Ad Firm Infected 85 Million Android Users to Get More Clicks
Own an Android smartphone?
Hackers can secretly install malicious apps, games, and pop-up adverts on your smartphone remotely in order to make large sums of money.
Security researchers at Cheetah Mobile have uncovered one of the world’s largest and m… Continue reading This Android Hacking Group is making $500,000 per day
It’s not at all surprising that the Google Play Store is surrounded by a large number of malicious apps that has the ability to gain users’ attention into falling victim for one, but this time, it is even worse than most people realize.
Researchers at… Continue reading Dozens of Malicious Apps on Play Store can Root & Hack 90% of Android Devices
New variants of the Triada and Horde mobile malware have emerged with capabilities that evade native security on Android devices. Continue reading Aggressive Triada, Horde Variants Up Mobile Malware Threat