Last week Check Point discovered Certifi-Gate-based vulnerability which could take complete control of Android devices. This serious security vulnerability has made millions of Android devices vulnerable and are open in the wild.The mRTS plugin allows malicious applications to gain privileged access rights, even if your device is not rooted . The vulnerability is in the authorization […]
Researchers from McAfee have discovered a new vulnerability that can allow an attacker to perform DoS attack on Android media-server program. When the malicious app is set to restart, this can trap the Android device in a loop making the device unusable. This can drain all the battery as well. This affects Android 4.0.1 Jelly […] Researchers from Metaspolit have discovered a major flow on devices running Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) & prior versions that no longer receive official security updates from Android security team for WebView. Webview is one of core component for Google store. Attackers can easily install the malware app and perform malicious actions. Due to a lack […] Malware on Android is not new anymore but this time adware has taken over Google play with approx 10 million downloads. Avast researchers have identified three apps that might have millions of downloads. The apps identified are “Durak card game app”, “IQ Test” app and “Russian History” app from three different developers performing the same […]
Dendroid, the next generation Crimeware toolkit which can convert apps to malware , is available in underground market for only $300. It also comes with a 24 hour support if you are stuck up on your way. Symantec mentioned that this is evolution of AndroRAT( first ever malware APK binder). Dendroid is a HTTP RAT that […]
Researchers have identified a tricky Android malware spreading via facebook advertising. When Facebook is accessed from an Android device, users may see messages under Facebook adverting under “Suggested Post”. Some of the identified ads read as “WhatsApp tips like: “Want to know how to see your contacts’ chats on WhatsApp?” “Want to hide your WhatsApp […]
Researchers from Kaspersky have spotted Tor-based Andorid Malware in the wild. Hackers have started creating Android based Trojans in mass scale. A new mrthod of Windows Trojan malware is implemented under Android has been spreading lately. The Android based Trojan, who as a C & C uses the domain of pseudo-zone- Onion. The Trojan uses the anonymous […]
A very dangerous Android bootkit Trojan resides on memory of infected device (discovered by DrWeb) that can re-install itself over and over again automatically even after users remove it from their Android device , has infected more than 350,000 devices in various countries Last week Drweb, warned users about a very dangerous bootkit Trojan called […] Researchers from Symantec have identified a PC Trojan which can compromise Android smartphone by installing ‘malware ‘when connected via PC. The Windows Variant is known as Trojan.Droidpak, drops a malicious DLL to the windows system and registering DLL as a windows service. Then the DLL downloads a configuration file (from active remote server) that downloads […]
Researchers at Fireye have discovered six variants of Android malware family( Android.HeHe) that disguises itself as a security app, and intercepts the incoming texts and calls of victims. As per Fireeye “The app disguises itself as “android security” , attempting to provide the users what is advertised as an OS Update. It contacts the […]