‘Minecraft Mods’ Attack More Than 1 Million Android Devices
Fake Minecraft Modpacks on Google Play deliver millions of abusive ads and make normal phone use impossible. Continue reading ‘Minecraft Mods’ Attack More Than 1 Million Android Devices
Category Archives: Android malware
Firestarter Android Malware Abuses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging
The DoNot APT threat group is leveraging the legitimate Google Firebase Cloud Messaging server as a command-and-control (C2) communication mechanism. Continue reading Firestarter Android Malware Abuses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging
Firestarter Android Malware Abuses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging
The DoNot APT threat group is leveraging the legitimate Google Firebase Cloud Messaging server as a command-and-control (C2) communication mechanism. Continue reading Firestarter Android Malware Abuses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging
Android ransomware authors have a new trick to go with an old shakedown technique
Mobile ransomware scams — in which crooks lock your phone and demand money — are nothing new. But they are getting more clever as cybercriminals find new ways to circumvent security. The latest example is a ransomware scheme targeting Android phones that Microsoft made public Thursday. According to the research, the malicious code gets around security checks that Google, which owns Android, has instituted against previous ransomware kits. Instead of abusing a permission feature that controls what apps can do on the phone, as other mobile ransomware scams have, this one triggers an incoming call notice to display the ransom note. It’s “the latest variant of a ransomware family that’s been in the wild for a while but has been evolving non-stop,” Dinesh Venkatesan, a Microsoft researcher, wrote in a blog. Mobile ransomware generally isn’t as profitable as ransomware attacks on PCs or enterprise networks. But Allan Liska, an analyst at threat […]
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Android Spyware Variant Snoops on WhatsApp, Telegram Messages
The Android malware comes from threat group APT-C-23, also known as Two-Tailed Scorpion and Desert Scorpion. Continue reading Android Spyware Variant Snoops on WhatsApp, Telegram Messages
Android Malware Bypasses 2FA And Targets Telegram, Gmail Passwords
A new Android malware strain has been uncovered, part of the Rampant Kitten threat group’s widespread surveillance campaign that targets Telegram credentials and more. Continue reading Android Malware Bypasses 2FA And Targets Telegram, Gmail Passwords
Joker Spyware Plagues More Google Play Apps
The six malicious apps have been removed from Google Play, but could still threaten 200,000 installs. Continue reading Joker Spyware Plagues More Google Play Apps
Joker Android Malware Dupes Its Way Back Onto Google Play
A new variant of the Joker malware has hoodwinked its way onto the Google Play marketplace yet again, in 11 Android apps that were recently removed. Continue reading Joker Android Malware Dupes Its Way Back Onto Google Play
Android Users Hit with ‘Undeletable’ Adware
Researchers say that 14.8 percent of Android users who were targeted with mobile malware or adware last year were left with undeletable files. Continue reading Android Users Hit with ‘Undeletable’ Adware
Chinese mobile surveillance of Uighurs more pervasive than previously thought, researchers say
A newly revealed set of mobile hacking tools adds to the extensive picture of Chinese government surveillance aimed at the country’s Uighur minority. Like Android-focused surveillance kits before them, the malicious software is capable of stealing sensitive data on target phones and turning them into listening devices, according to mobile security firm Lookout, which made the discovery. Some of the hacking tools have been in use for more than five years, but Lookout pieced them together into a vast spying effort tied to the Chinese government, underscoring the pervasive nature of the surveillance and the challenges of uncovering all of it. “Our research found that there are eight malware families meant to stealthily spy on this ethnic minority at the minimum, with some of them expanding even more broadly in their targeting,” said Kristin Del Rosso, Lookout’s senior security intelligence engineer. One of those malware families was cover in a 2013 report from the […]
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