Font apps from Google Play contain spyware

I guess that everyone should know untill now that if you download apps from Google Play you have to think twice and not trust every app that is available online. Of course the probability of getting stuck with some malware is much smaller than on other third party android markets, but there is still a [...]

Analysts discover more BadNews on Google Play

The recentlu found BadNews Android malware was once again found on Google Play. The android trojan is indeed bad news for the ones that are stuck with it as it harvests device information and fools users into downloading more harmful apps. After researchers from Lookout found 32 apps that had embedded this malware, Google has removed [...]

An old Android Trojan got downloaded from Google Play by millions

Millions of people that use the Android operating system got tricked into installing a new Trojan that disguised as legitimate apps or games right from Google Play, according to Lookout investigator Marc Rogers. The brand new found malware class was named BadNews and it can gather and send informations about the gadget to its C&C [...]

Beware of Android malware spreaded by Cutwail botnet

A malware peddler is always trying to find new ways of pushing malware to unwary users. Untill recently Android malware was delivered through third party marketplaces and apps, but now, according to Dell Secure Works engineers, the Stels Android Trojan is distrubuted with the aid of the Cutwail botnet.\ This botnet was lately discovered that [...]

Aggressive Android adware and malware on an uptrend

With adware gleaning more user data from people devices than they would normally need too and developers bundle more than one adware framework into their apps, user privacy is increasingly taking a backseat to profit for developers and advertisers. More and more unknown third parties now have access to user browsing history, phone numbers, email [...]

How to defend your Android apps

In this security talk from Shmoocon 2013 you will find informations targeted mostly towards Android apps developers. The speaker tells war tales about Android vulnerabilities and exploits in order to reveal to the audience how “not to code”. After that, he shares the best practices and guidelines for Android app creators and he also presents defensive techniques [...]

Watchout for fake Candy Crush apps from Google Play

Everytime a smartphone game turns into a mass popular one, it is also a good way for cybercrooks and malware scammers to trick users into downloading vicious apps on their gadgets. One of the latest titles is the Candy Crush, a puzzle game that is distributed free via Google Play Store, Apple Store and Facebook. [...]

Researcher discovered critical Samsung Android smartphone vulnerabilities

Having waited enough for Samsung to fix a number of critical vulnerabilities in their Android operated smartphones, Roberto Paleari, an italian security engineer has decided to share with the public the gravity of the problem and maybe force to company to act. Mindful of the danger that the vulnerabilities present to the users if they [...]

Android botnet delivers SMS spam due to SpamSoldier infection

Engineers from two security related companies have discovered a very prolific SMS spam campaign that is targeting users in order to make them install an Android Trojan that will enslave their mobile gadgets into a botnet used for sending spam messages. This trojan was named by Lookout researchers SpamSoldier and they have also warned that [...]

Android Jelly Bean 4.2 Versus iOS

Android Jelly Bean 4.2 Versus iOS 6 The Android and the iOS operating systems are two epic war heroes that will be remembered for years and years. They will be credited even in the next generation for the luxurious devices they have produced, the rivals they have been between each other and how the two [...]

Android malware is still the number one mobile threat

F-Secure recently released the latest version of their Mobile Threat Report which covers Q3 2012. This is the executive summary related to Android threats. As expected, Android malware continues to dominate the mobile threat landscape with a whopping 51,447 unique samples detected in the third quarter. The increase in samples occurred even after Google introduced [...]

Android 4.2 stops premium rate messages and checks third-party apps

Google lately launched its latest Android version, and the early devices that adopt it – the Samsung’s Nexus 10 and the LG’s Nexus 4 – will be also released next week. Users were told about the various improvements and cool features of the Android 4.2, but nobody said much about the security improvements this OS will bring, [...]

25% of Google Play apps represent a security threat

New studies have shown that more than 100,000 Android apps in the Google Play store (25 %) present a protection risk to mobile phone customers and the business organizations to which they connect to. Bit9 examined the security permissions of more than 400,000 Android applications. Criteria for defining an application as “questionable” or “suspicious” included [...]

Information stealing module found in thousands of apps from Google Play

An ads module that was planted into over 7,000 “free” fake variations of real Android apps that can be found on Google Play is actually collecting a ton of personal and mobile informations from unwary users, according to Trend Micro Senior Threat Researcher Alice Decker. The researcher detected an app like this after downloading accidentally [...]

CyanogenMod logged the unlock swipe gestures in Android OS

CyanogenMod, maybe the most popular custom Android firmware available, was found containing a code that logged the swipe gestures made by the users in order to unlock their device. This, let’s say “malicious” line of code was discovered by Gabriel Castro, a creator that has a partnership with the CyanogenMod project, has apparently showed up [...]

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