Collaborate Disseminate
Smartphone surveillance has opened up an entirely new avenue of exposure for high-value enterprise information, forcing many security professionals to rethink how they see data. A different class of data, known as data in vicinity, encompasses this ne… Continue reading What is Data in Vicinity?
Researchers have found another batch of malicious Android applications on Google Play that spam users with annoying full-screen ads and make using their phones difficult. Trend Micro calls the adware AndroidOS_HidenAd and found it inside 85 apps that … Continue reading 85 Android Adware Apps Downloaded 9 Million Times
The trojan purports to be a battery optimization app – and then steals up to 1,000 euro from victims’ PayPal accounts. Continue reading Android Trojan Targets PayPal Users
As internet users migrate from desktop and laptop computers to mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) platforms, cybercriminals are too. Continue reading Mobile and IoT attacks – SophosLabs 2019 Threat Report
An array of malicious Android apps purporting to be popular game Fortnite are instead harvesting call logs and downloading cryptomining malware. Continue reading Fake Fortnite Apps for Android Spread Spyware, Cryptominers
The apps are deemed malicious by doing things such as capturing pictures and audio when the app is closed, or making an unusually large amount of network calls. Continue reading Tens of Thousands of Malicious Apps Using Facebook APIs
The apps are deemed malicious by doing things such as capturing pictures and audio when the app is closed, or making an unusually large amount of network calls. Continue reading Tens of Thousands of Malicious Apps Using Facebook APIs
Google is working hard at stopping malware from sneaking into its Play Store to abuse billions of Android users. The number of malicious apps removed from the store rose more than 70 percent in 2017 from 2016 to 700,000, thanks to an improved machine l… Continue reading Google used machine learning to remove over 700,000 malicious apps from its store in 2017
An adware-laden phony WhatsApp download has been removed from Google Play and the developer’s account suspended, but not before it was downloaded one million times. Continue reading 1M Downloads Later, Google Pulls Phony WhatsApp From Google Play
A large botnet of Android devices called WireX is responsible for large-scale application-layer DDoS attacks against businesses in the hospitality, porn and gambling industries.
Continue reading Mobile WireX DDoS Botnet ‘Neutralized’ by Collaboration of Competitors