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Researchers discovered 2 Malicious Android apps from Google Play Store that drops Anubis banking malware with highly obfustication techniques. The malicious apps posed as a legitimate tool with the name of Currency Converter and BatterySaverMobi and also attackers posted a fake review and boasted a score of 4.5 stars. Google Play store continuously flooding with […]
The Goldluck malware has been around for more than a year. The malware basically gave hackers privileges which allowed them to send premium messages and earn money. Historically, Goldluck has been associated with popular classic game apps on Android. Today, security researchers revealed that “more than a dozen iPhone apps covertly communicating with a server […]
Google for a decade now has been keeping with its promise of securing Android as they see fit. The search giant has introduced a huge permission system change in Marshmallow, version 6.0 which gave the end-user granular control with the permissions an app receives. Those old versions from Lollipop to Ice Cream Sandwich, Google has […]
It seems like Google’s crackdown on developers and refining the Play Store was only a drop in the bucket; the problem seems much bigger than anticipated. Today, a security researcher at ESET, Lukas Stefanko, called out thirteen Google Play Store apps which were originally malware disguising themselves under the name of the driving game for Android. The Android […]
Cyber criminals distributing new Android malware via Phishing email campaign that turns infected smartphones into hidden mobile proxies. This malicious app installing a fake voice-message app and turns it as a network proxies without users knowledge. This Malware named as TimpDoor that act as a backdoor with stealthy access to the home and corporate network […]
Newly discovered android based GPlayed Malware posed as Google Play app with sophisticated futures to spy android phone and steal sensitive information. GPlayed malware contains various built-in capabilities and it is very similar to the Google play store App that label as “Google Play Marketplace”. One of the extremely powerful capability is to adapt after the deployment […]
A new Android malware that steals infected users WhatsApp messages and other sensitive data such as browsing history, photos. This malware mainly developed to spying the targeted especially Android users and its unclear that what kind of surveillance attackers interested from the infected mobiles. The source code of the malware associated file was found in Github […]
A security researcher from ESET has announced that he has unearthed new Android-based spyware that is capable of accessing the Whatsapp database and features a host of surveillance features. As reported by ZDNet, the spyware has been discovered on Github in a repository named “OwnMe.” It features a MainActivity.class that initiates a new service OwnMe.class, […]
Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in all Android versions except Android 9, which could allow attackers to capture WiFi broadcast data and even pinpoint geolocation of users — all of this without user’s consent. Nightwatch Cybersecurity posted a security advisory about the bug CVE-2018-9489, which states how the broadcasted information for installed Android apps can cause the device to […]
A new Android malware that contains the functionalities of Banking Trojan, call forwarding, audio recording, keylogging and Ransomware Activities. The malware targeted the popular banking apps such as HFC, ICICI, SBI, Axis Bank and other E-Wallets. The malware operator needs more user interaction to be a successful attack, it continues to force the users in […]
Fake Banking Apps that posing to be from three major Indian banks made way into the official Google Play store. The malicious claiming to increase the credit limit of the three banks. Attackers use bogus phish forms to collect the credit card details and internet banking credentials from the victims. The Fake Banking Apps appears […]
Anubis banking malware re-emerges again and the threat actors distributing the malware on Google Play store apps to stealing login credentials to banking apps, e-wallets, and payment cards. Hackers always finding new ways to bypass the Google play store security and distributing malware via Android apps that will act as the first step in an infection […]
The information security researchers at SophosLabs have discovered a new Android malware in seemingly harmless QR reader apps on Google Play Store. The malware has been developed to flood Android devices with large screen ads to generate revenue for attackers. Labeled Andr/HiddnAd-AJ by the information security training researchers, the malware was found in six QR code reading […]
At the almost same time, we have two different QR code issues that affect Android and iOS devices respectively. But there is a difference. The one in the case of Android is a malware while it’s a bug for iOS. Innocent Android QR code apps hide malware inside The security firm SophosLabs discovered some Android malware […]
A Newly Discovered Andoird Malware called TeleRAT are abused Telegram Bot API that used to command and control the malicious Android applications. TeleRAT is a Dubbed IRRAT Malware that steal information ranging from SMS and call history to file listings from infected Android devices. “Telegram Bots are special accounts that do not require an additional […]
It’s a common habit of humans and companies to flaunt their achievements every new year. Google has just announced that it managed to wipe out around 700,000 bad apps from Google Play in 2017. For their mass takedown of bad Android apps categorized as copycats, apps with inappropriate content, and potentially harmful apps (PHA), Google credits their […]
Security researchers from Trend Micro discovered malicious apps that spies on and steal data from Android users. Malicious apps dubbed as PoriewSpy steals sensitive information from victims’ such as contacts, location, call logs, SMS, and files in SD cards. Researchers believe these malicious apps were distributed by a hacking group that targets Indian Government officials […]
A New Android Malware GhostTeam found in Google PlayStore that is capable of stealing Facebook credentials and also it used some social engineering technique to trick victims to download the malicious applications. Around 53 Malicious apps are discovered and most of the apps are Displaying malicious ads that contain a link to download aditional malicious apps […]
Researchers find 53 apps distributing malware for stealing Facebook credentials – some of which have been active since April 2017 and have been downloaded over 100,000 times. Malware which aims to steal Facebook login credentials while also aggressively displaying pop-up adverts has been uncovered targeting Android users via the Google Play store – and may […]
It doesn’t matter how much trust Google has on their malware scanning tool called Play Protect, malicious minds always find a way to slip their malware via hidden passages. The researchers from security firm Check Point reported a new Android threat, dubbed AdultSwine, which disguises as Android games. The malware is capable of displaying pornographic ads […]
Following the footsteps of Apple’s homegrown Swift programming language for developing iOS apps, Kotlin has been growing at a fast pace (here’s why you should learn it). This doesn’t mean that all Kotlin developers are learning it with an aim to code safer and faster Android apps. A new report from Trend Micro states the […]