All posts tagged "Android Malware"

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  New Programming Language “Kotlin” used for Developing an Android Malware

  An Open-source Programming language “kotlin” has bee used to develop malicious Android apps that are capable of hijacking an Android mobile and...

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  Dangerous Android Malware Targets 232 Banking Apps (Axis,HDFC,SBI,ICICI) and Cryptocurrency Apps

  A new Android banking Trojan identified targeting more that 232 mobile banking apps and major Indian banks mobile app. The malware detected...

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  ​This crypto-mining Android malware is so demanding it burst a smartphone

  Most Android malware is at best annoying, but rarely does it cause physical damage to a phone. Not so with Loapi, a...

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  CryptoJacking Android Malware “Loapi” Can Physically Damage Your Device

  If you want to get malware on your Android device, it’s pretty easy. Forget about unofficial sources, malicious apps can be found...

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  New Android Malware Physically Destroying your Phone by Running Cryptocurrency miner

  Nowadays Trojanized Android apps evolving rapidly in play store and continuously targetting users, a new malware strain Trojan.AndroidOS.Loapi spotted consist of modular...

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  New Android Malware Found in 144 Google Play apps with 17.4 Million Installations

  New Android Malware called “Grabos”  Found in 144 Google Play apps and its considering as one of the mass distribution play store...

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  LokiBot Trojan Turns Itself into Ransomware If you Decide to Remove it

  Security researchers from SfyLabs have detected an Android banking trojan dubbed LokiBot that transforms itself into a complete ransomware once the targeted...

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  Sockbot Android Malware Found in Eight Apps on Google Play with 2.6 million Installations

  Security experts from Symantec discovered eight apps that posed as a frontend for a new and highly prevalent type of Android malware....

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  DoubleLocker: This Android Ransomware Activates Every Time You Press Home Button

  Android’s accessibility services are features that help the users to take advantage of an alternative navigation method on behalf of apps installed on...

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  First Android Malware Family Called “ZNIU” that Exploits Dangerous Dirty COW Vulnerability

  An Android Malware Family called “ZNIU” Discovered that Exploits the  Dirty COW Vulnerability into Android Platform and  it performs silent Attacks in...

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  1000+ Android Apps Are ‘Secret Spies’ Recording Your Data, Researchers Reveal

  Short Bytes: Lookout Security has been running after the samples of SonicSpy malware. Around 1000 apps reported since February 2016. Google has...

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  Beware – More than Thousand Spyware Apps from “SonicSpy,” Family Identified in Google Play

  Security experts from Lookout identified thousands of spyware apps in Google Play that belongs to SonicSpy family.They identified this threat after their...

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  Alternative Android App Store “CepKutusu.com” Spreading Malware From Every Downloaded Apps

  Turkish based an Android App Store named as  “CepKutusu.com” spreading malware which contains many Android applications Similar as Google Play store. Once...

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  Trojan found Pre-installed On Cheap Android Smartphones

  Security researchers from Dr.web found Trojan preinstalled on several mobile devices, along with Leagoo M5 Plus, Leagoo M8, Nomu S10, and Nomu...

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  Google Blocked a new Spyware Family Lipizzan

  Google Blocked a new Spyware Family Lipizzan that is capable of extracting user’s email, SMS messages, location, voice calls, and media. They...

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  GhostCtrl Android Malware Steals Your Private Data And Records Audio, Video

  Short Bytes: The researchers at the Trend Micro security firm have uncovered a new Android malware that exists in three different versions. Called...

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  Record Audio and Video Silently with Obfuscated Android Backdoor – GhostCtrl

  New Android malware variant GhostCtrl steals data, control devices functionalities and even hijack the devices. It is certainly a variant of commercially...

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  LeakerLocker Android Ransomware Threatens To Expose Personal Data To All Your Contacts

  Short Bytes: LeakerLocker, an Android ransomware, is here to infect the Android smartphones and threaten the users. This ransomware doesn’t use encryption...

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  How SpyDealer Malware Hacks Your Facebook, WhatsApp, Web Browser, And Other Android Apps

  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...

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  CopyCat Malware Infects 14 Million Android Smartphones, Steals Sensitive Information

  Short Bytes: The Check Point security researchers have published the details of a massive malware campaign that infected Android smartphones. Called CopyCat,...

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  Android Malware Called “CopyCat” Infected Around 14 Million Android Devices and Gained over $1.5 Million

  A New Android Malware called “CopyCat” infect over 14 Million Android Devices and Main Motivation this Malware is to generate and steal...