Google Advises Android Developers to Encrypt App Data On Device

Google today published a blog post recommending mobile app developers to encrypt data that their apps generate on the users’ devices, especially when they use unprotected external storage that’s prone to hijacking.

Moreover, considering that there are… Continue reading Google Advises Android Developers to Encrypt App Data On Device

Multisandbox update to Dr.Web vxCube 1.2 brings Android analysis

The multi-sandbox project is under continual improvement. In June 2018, we announced our integration with Dr.Web vxCube. Today we are happy to announce an update to Dr.Web vxCube that adds support for Android. With more than 2 billion active android de… Continue reading Multisandbox update to Dr.Web vxCube 1.2 brings Android analysis

New Man-in-the-Disk attack leaves millions of Android phones vulnerable

Security researchers at Check Point Software Technologies have discovered a new attack vector against the Android operating system that could potentially allow attackers to silently infect your smartphones with malicious apps or launch denial of servic… Continue reading New Man-in-the-Disk attack leaves millions of Android phones vulnerable

Multisandbox project welcomes Cyber adAPT ApkRecon

Two weeks ago we announced the release of our new VirusTotal Droidy Android sandbox, a virtual environment that executes Android applications in an automated fashion in order to capture all the actions that the given app performs on the operating syste… Continue reading Multisandbox project welcomes Cyber adAPT ApkRecon

VirusTotal launches ‘Droidy’ sandbox to detect malicious Android apps

One of the biggest and most popular multi-antivirus scanning engine service has today launched a new Android sandbox service, dubbed VirusTotal Droidy, to help security researchers detect malicious apps based on behavioral analysis.

VirusTotal, owned … Continue reading VirusTotal launches ‘Droidy’ sandbox to detect malicious Android apps