Cyber Crime Gang Arrested for Infecting Over 1 Million Phones with Banking Trojan

The Russian Interior Ministry announced on Monday the arrest of 20 individuals from a major cybercriminal gang that had stolen nearly $900,000 from bank accounts after infecting over one million Android smartphones with a mobile Trojan called “CronBot…. Continue reading Cyber Crime Gang Arrested for Infecting Over 1 Million Phones with Banking Trojan

More Firmware Backdoor Found In Cheap Android Phones

Here’s some bad news for Android users again.

Certain low-cost Android smartphones and tablets are shipped with malicious firmware, which covertly gathers data about the infected devices, displays advertisements on top of running applications and down… Continue reading More Firmware Backdoor Found In Cheap Android Phones

More Firmware Backdoor Found In Cheap Android Phones

Here’s some bad news for Android users again.

Certain low-cost Android smartphones and tablets are shipped with malicious firmware, which covertly gathers data about the infected devices, displays advertisements on top of running applications and down… Continue reading More Firmware Backdoor Found In Cheap Android Phones

Dangerous Rootkit found Pre-Installed on nearly 3 Million Android Phones

Here’s some bad news for Android users again.

Nearly 3 Million Android devices worldwide are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks that could allow attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code with root privileges, turning over full control o… Continue reading Dangerous Rootkit found Pre-Installed on nearly 3 Million Android Phones

Pre-installed Backdoor On 700 Million Android Phones Sending Users’ Data To China

Do you own an Android smartphone? You could be one of those 700 Million users whose phone is secretly sending text messages to China every 72 hours.

You heard that right. Over 700 Million Android smartphones contain a secret ‘backdoor’ that surreptiti… Continue reading Pre-installed Backdoor On 700 Million Android Phones Sending Users’ Data To China