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TipTop hacker group know for attacking customers of Russian banks, detained by Russian authorities. The group hacked more than 800,000 smartphones. The group was named as TipTop because their main goal is to premium clients of large Russian banks. TipTop hacker group found to be active since 2015, and they approximately steal $1500 to $10500 […]
Beware! Attackers can remotely hijack your Android device and steal data stored on it, if you are using free version of CamScanner, a highly-popular Phone PDF creator app with more than 100 million downloads on Google Play Store. So, to be safe, just uninstall the CamScanner app from your Android device now, as Google has already […]
On June 6, 2019, Google released a case study of very intelligent hackers who were trying to plant backdoor in Android phones. This is about a family of apps called “Triada” that can place spam and ads on the device. After a brief overview about its beginning in 2016 and the operation of the first […]
BianLian malware was first detected in October 2018; the malware aims in stealing OTP authentication codes, check balances, inject push notifications, and also capable of locking device and ask users to pay the ransomware. The updated version of the malware contains a Screencast Module to records the screens of the infected device and Socks5 module […]
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 […]
Newly Discovered two new Android RAT Compromising Victims Mobile and steals various sensitive information such as Photos, Contacts, SMS and it can also record the user’s phone call conversations. Both variants have the same functionality in terms of stealing the sensitive data from victims and the researchers named this as KevDroid. One Variant of this Android RAT […]
A new Android Trojan could be stealing your data through mobile instant messaging apps such as Facebook Messenger, Twitter, Skype and other IM clients. This malware was detected by security researchers from Trustlook, a cyber-security firm. A report published on Monday describes the new trojan as a simple one with few abilities. After infecting the […]
Some of the cheap Android device models comes preinstalled with Trojan Android.Triada.231 that infects Android system component Zygote where all the Android application process derived. The Trojan injects into the module and capable of performing various malicious activities such as stealing confidential information without user’s intervention. Security researchers from Drweb Discovered the trojan dubbed Android.Triada.231 […]
A Newly discovered Android Remote Access Trojan called AndroRAT targeting unpatched Android Devices that exploit the publicly disclosed critical privilege escalation vulnerability and gain some high-level access from targeted Andriod devices. This Android based RAT have an ability to gain some advance level privileges on any android devices that unpatched Remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2015-1805 and inject […]
Nowadays Trojanized Android apps evolving rapidly in play store and continuously targetting innocent users who all are unaware of the malicious application and apps permission while installing the apps on their devices. A new malware strain found in Google play masquerading as multiple apps an alarm clock app, a QR scanner app, a compass 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 […]
A Newly Discovered Android Malware “SpyDealer” Spying on more than 40 Apps and steals Personal information including contacts list, Call History, capture the screen shot, users GPS Location and other Confidential information. All user’s data exfiltrated by abusing the Android accessibility service feature and uses exploits from a commercial rooting app for data theft by […]
A Remote Access Trojan (RAT) for Android called “Android.Spy.377.origin” with Spying Capability Malware used to steal the Android Users Confidential information via Telegram Protocol. Hackers execute this Spyware Via commands and its used message-exchange protocol of the Telegram online messenger. This Spyware checking the Popularity of the infected user among all other Telegram users and […]
More than 800 Android applications available on Google Play at one time embedded the software development kit (SDK) of an information-stealing ad library. The threat, which is detected by Trend Micro as ANDROIDOS_XAVIER.AXM or “Xavier” for short, is a member of AdDown. This adware family has been around since early 2015 when its first version […]
An eight-month-long investigation by Roman Unuchek, a security researcher at Kaspersky Lab, has uncovered one of the most complex malware distribution schemes seen to date on the Android malware scene. According to Unuchek, for the last year, the criminal group behind the Ztorg Android trojan has been using so-called “rewards apps,” to deliver malware […]
Security researchers have discovered a new Android trojan named Skyfin that can infiltrate the local Play Store Android app and download or purchase other apps behind the user’s back. Until now, Skyfin has been found only as a second-stage download on phones infected by trojans of the Android.DownLoader family. Android.DownLoader is an Android trojan that’s […]
Malware coders are advertising a new Android trojan that can be used for phishing banking credentials, intercepting SMS messages, locking devices with a password (ransomware-like behavior), and more. The trojan’s name is Exo Android Bot, or Exobot, and is being advertised and sold via Jabber/XMPP spam, via hacking forums, Dark Web marketplaces, and even on […]
Recently, we discovered a new Google Android Trojan named “PluginPhantom”, which steals many types of user information including: files, location data, contacts and Wi-Fi information. It also takes pictures, captures screenshots, records audios, intercepts and sends SMS messages. In addition, it can log the keyboard input by the Android accessibility service, acting as a keylogger. […]
A new trojan potentially threatens as many as 2.8 million Android users with unwanted mobile advertisements. On 29 July, researchers at the Russian computer security firm Doctor Web published an alert about the trojan, which goes by the name “Android.Spy.305.origin” The malware is an updated version of sorts of “Android.Spy.277.origin,” which appeared back in April […]
Our team recently discovered a new Android Trojan called SpyNote which facilitates remote spying. The builder, which creates new versions of the malware, recently leaked on several malware discussion forums. SpyNote is similar to OmniRat and DroidJack, which are RATs (remote administration tools) that allow malware owners to gain remote administrative control of an Android […]
Short Bytes: AceCard has become one of the most advanced Android Trojans with severe dangerous capabilities like sneaking into any social or personal account, root permission of your phone and phishing into the banking apps. Kaspersky has some general precautions for Trojans like this, let’s tell you about them. With AceCard, the world of Android […]