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An Open-source Programming language “kotlin” has bee used to develop malicious Android apps that are capable of hijacking an Android mobile and as a similar malicious Android app called Swift Cleaner has discovered in Google Play store. In May 2017 Google announced kotlin Programming language to Develop an Android application and the Android team has […]
A new Android banking Trojan identified targeting more that 232 mobile banking apps and major Indian banks mobile app. The malware detected by Quick Heal as Android.banker.A2f8a. It is distributed through third-party stores via a fake flash player app and through the play store. It’s targeting Banking apps,Crypto currency apps and other financial apps that […]
Most Android malware is at best annoying, but rarely does it cause physical damage to a phone. Not so with Loapi, a newly-discovered trojan with a cryptocurrency miner that worked a phone so hard its battery swelled up and burst open the device’s back cover. Kaspersky Lab researchers found the malware lurking in about 20 […]
If you want to get malware on your Android device, it’s pretty easy. Forget about unofficial sources, malicious apps can be found on the “safe” Google Play where they can even live unnoticed for years. Adding to the pack of Android malware, Kaspersky Lab has spotted a new Android malware sample called “Trojan.AndroidOS.Loapi”. The researchers […]
Nowadays Trojanized Android apps evolving rapidly in play store and continuously targetting users, a new malware strain Trojan.AndroidOS.Loapi spotted consist of modular architecture which is capable of performing multiple attacks. Security researchers from Kaspersky labs discovered the trojan dubbed “Loapi” which can damage the phone by downloading a Monero mining module which generates a constant […]
New Android Malware called “Grabos” Found in 144 Google Play apps and its considering as one of the mass distribution play store Malware by huge number playstore apps. There is no surprise now to see a malicious app in Google play store, hackers continued to deceive the Google safety checks and also they earn high […]
Security researchers from SfyLabs have detected an Android banking trojan dubbed LokiBot that transforms itself into a complete ransomware once the targeted user attempts to uninstall it from the infected device. LokiBot malware has been in the news since June and its makers have been pushing out new features almost every week. Once the malware […]
Security experts from Symantec discovered eight apps that posed as a frontend for a new and highly prevalent type of Android malware. This malware shows up essentially focusing on clients in the United States, yet in addition has a threat in Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, and Germany and the apps install base varying from 600,000 to […]
Android’s accessibility services are features that help the users to take advantage of an alternative navigation method on behalf of apps installed on the smartphone. The security researchers at ESET have detected a new ransomware that exploits these services. Detected as Android/DoubleLocker.A, this Android ransomware takes inspiration from a banking trojan named Android.BankBot.211.origin, which is distributed with the […]
An Android Malware Family called “ZNIU” Discovered that Exploits the Dirty COW Vulnerability into Android Platform and it performs silent Attacks in Android Platform since last year. Dirty COW is a Very Dangerous Linux privilege escalation Vulnerability that leads an attacker to gain root access on targeted system and Few Months Before This Vulnerability Discovered in […]
Short Bytes: Lookout Security has been running after the samples of SonicSpy malware. Around 1000 apps reported since February 2016. Google has recently deleted Soniac spyware which is one of the apps that managed to enter the Play Store. Soniac can record audio, steal call logs, send SMS and make calls, etc. and send it […]
Security experts from Lookout identified thousands of spyware apps in Google Play that belongs to SonicSpy family.They identified this threat after their cloud Security tool flagged the apps. This threat actor was deployed in February 2017 and they are more likely to be operating from Iraq. Functionalities of Soniac SonicSpy dubbed as Soniac distributed as […]
Turkish based an Android App Store named as “CepKutusu.com” spreading malware which contains many Android applications Similar as Google Play store. Once We Try to Download an Application from “CepKutusu.com” through Browser, suddenly “Download now” Button appears which leads to download Banking Malware. Each and every Single App that has appeared in this App […]
Security researchers from Dr.web found Trojan preinstalled on several mobile devices, along with Leagoo M5 Plus, Leagoo M8, Nomu S10, and Nomu S20. Android.Triada families use to embed in system libraries that used in launching applications on mobile devices. Android.Triada.231 that detected by Dr.web doesn’t try to root the phones and to escalate privileges as […]
Google Blocked a new Spyware Family Lipizzan that is capable of extracting user’s email, SMS messages, location, voice calls, and media. They examined the code and it refers to famous cyber arm company Equus Technologies. Lipizzan was blocked by Google in its early stage itself, they found around 20 Lipizzan apps and less than 100 […]
Short Bytes: The researchers at the Trend Micro security firm have uncovered a new Android malware that exists in three different versions. Called GhostCtrl, this malware has the ability to help an attacker remotely control your Android device and steal your data. It also gives the attacker a power to record audio/video and upload it to the […]
New Android malware variant GhostCtrl steals data, control devices functionalities and even hijack the devices. It is certainly a variant of commercially sold OmniRAT that produced headlines in November 2015. Malware uses legitimate and popular apps like MMS, WhatsApp and Pokemon GO. Trend Micro detected it as ANDROIDOS_GHOSTCTRL.OPS / ANDROIDOS_GHOSTCTRL.OPSA, and then they named backdoor […]
Short Bytes: LeakerLocker, an Android ransomware, is here to infect the Android smartphones and threaten the users. This ransomware doesn’t use encryption while locking down your personal data and asks for ransom in return for the release of data. The malicious apps have been removed from Play Store and Google is investigating the issue. Meanwhile, […]
Short Bytes: The security researchers have identified a malware named SpyDealer, which affects Android smartphones running Android versions between 4.4 KitKat and 2.2 Froyo. SpyDealer abuses a popular rooting app to gain root permissions. After that, the malware gets the power to exfiltrate private data from more than 40 apps, including Facebook, WhatsApp, etc. A few days […]
Short Bytes: The Check Point security researchers have published the details of a massive malware campaign that infected Android smartphones. Called CopyCat, this malware was able to infect about 14 million devices and root 8 million of them. The malware was spread via phishing and third-party app stores which hosted malicious versions of popular apps. […]
A New Android Malware called “CopyCat” infect over 14 Million Android Devices and Main Motivation this Malware is to generate and steal ad revenues. CopyCat fastly spreading its infection across the globe. Most of the infected users from Southeast Asia and it claimed 280,000 victims from the US. Malware Author Earned over $1.5 Million through ads […]