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In an attempt to protect Android users from malware and shady apps, Google has been continuously working to detect and remove malicious apps from your devices using its newly launched Google Play Protect service.
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Hackers known as the Lazarus Group are targeting Android phones in a new campaign aimed at South Korea, according to researchers at the cybersecurity firm McAfee. The attack begins with a malware-laced version of a Korean bible study app in the Google Play Store. It’s been downloaded 1,300 times. McAfee attributes the attack to Lazarus Group, which intelligence agencies in the U.S., Britain and elsewhere say is North Korean. Google Play Store, the app market for the world’s most popular operating system, has a persistent malware issue. On Monday, anti-virus company Avast reported banking malware that avoided Google’s detection and was downloaded thousands of times. North Korea spends significant resources on building and using cyber-capabilities. One scheme involved stealing $81 million from the central bank of Bangladesh in a heist that ran through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2016. South Korea, North Korea’s chief geopolitical rival alongside the United States, is a frequent target of […]
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There is another example of malware being a constant problem for Android users: BankBot, a banking Trojan designed to help crooks steal people’s money, is still lurking in various Google Play store apps despite Google’s attempts to get rid of it. The malware’s newest version hides in seemingly benign software (like free flashlight apps or solitaire games), avoids detection by Android’s security, downloads the effective payload from an external source hours after gaining administrator rights and allows for the theft of the victim’s banking credentials. BankBot has already been through several iterations, having been removed by Google in September but “several versions remained active until November 17,” according to researchers from the security firm Avast. “This was long enough for the apps to infect thousands of users.” “The cyber criminals have been targeting customers of big banks like Wells Fargo, Chase and about 160 other banking apps in the U.S., Latin America, Europe […]
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The way Google detects malware on Android is changing rapidly. Fifty-five percent percent of Google’s new malware detections on their mobile operating system in the last week came through machine learning. That’s an exponential increase over just six months ago when that figure sat at around five percent, according to Adrian Ludwig, an NSA veteran who now oversees Android security inside Google. Google Play Protect, Android’s automated application security software, is on more than 2 billion devices, in every country in the world. After three years of testing, Google started applying machine learning models to Google Play Protect only about a year ago in what’s described as a nascent and experimental period. The last six months have seen “an inflection point,” Ludwig told CyberScoop. “We’re now actually starting to see some of that return on investment.” Android employs a team of machine learning experts and security researchers to drive the technology forward and handle it […]
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Security researchers at Google have discovered a new family of deceptive Android spyware that can steal a whole lot of information on users, including text messages, emails, voice calls, photos, location data, and other files, and spy on them.
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In order to keep its billions of users safe, Google has introduced another security defense for its Android devices, called Google Play Protect.
Google Play Protect, which is part of the Google Play Store app, uses machine learning and app usage analy… Continue reading Google Adds New Behavior-Based Malware Scanner To Every Android Device
In order to keep its billions of users safe, Google has introduced another security defense for its Android devices, called Google Play Protect.
Google Play Protect, which is part of the Google Play Store app, uses machine learning and app usage analy… Continue reading Google Adds New Behavior-Based Malware Scanner To Every Android Device
Google announces big changes for Android security including new features, a rebranding of old services and an updated UI, all streamlined under a new service called Google Play Protect. Continue reading Android Gets Security Makeover With Google Play Protect