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The Hacker News - Cybersecurity News and Analysis: Android Malware
Unpatched Strandhogg Android Vulnerability Actively Exploited in the Wild
December 02, 2019
Swati Khandelwal
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new unpatched vulnerability in the Android operating system that dozens of malicious mobile apps...
Mysterious malware that re-installs itself infected over 45,000 Android Phones
October 29, 2019
Swati Khandelwal
Over the past few months, hundreds of Android users have been complaining online of a new piece of mysterious malware that hides on the i...
42 Adware Apps with 8 Million Downloads Traced Back to Vietnamese Student
October 24, 2019
Mohit Kumar
First of all, if you have any of the below-listed apps installed on your Android device, you are advised to uninstall it immediately. C...
WARNING — Malware Found in CamScanner Android App With 100+ Million Users
August 27, 2019
Swati Khandelwal
Beware! Attackers can remotely hijack your Android device and steal data stored on it, if you are using free version of CamScanner , a h...
New Android Spyware Created by Russian Defense Contractor Found in the Wild
July 25, 2019
Swati Khandelwal
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new piece of mobile surveillance malware believed to be developed by a Russian defense contractor...
New Malware Replaced Legit Android Apps With Fake Ones On 25 Million Devices
July 11, 2019
Swati Khandelwal
Are you sure the WhatsApp app you are using on your Android device is legitimate, even if it's working perfectly as intended? ...Or...
China's Border Guards Secretly Installing Spyware App on Tourists' Phones
July 03, 2019
Swati Khandelwal
Chinese authorities are secretly installing surveillance apps on smartphones of foreigners at border crossings in the Xinjiang region who...
'Legit Apps Turned into Spyware' Targeting Android Users in Middle East
June 26, 2019
Mohit Kumar
Cybersecurity researchers are warning about an ongoing Android malware campaign that has been active since 2016 and was first publicly re...
Google Makes it Tough for Rogue App Developers Get Back on Android Play Store
April 16, 2019
Swati Khandelwal
Even after Google's security oversight over its already-huge Android ecosystem has evolved over the years, malware apps still keep co...
Scranos: New Rapidly Evolving Rootkit-Enabled Spyware Discovered
April 16, 2019
Swati Khandelwal
A new powerful rootkit-enabled spyware operation has been discovered wherein hackers are distributing multifunctional malware disguised a...
'Exodus' Surveillance Malware Found Targeting Apple iOS Users
April 09, 2019
Swati Khandelwal
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an iOS version of the powerful mobile phone surveillance app that was initially targeting Andro...
First Android Clipboard Hijacking Crypto Malware Found On Google Play Store
February 11, 2019
Swati Khandelwal
A security researcher has discovered yet another cryptocurrency-stealing malware on the official Google Play Store that was designed to s...
Several Popular Beauty Camera Apps Caught Stealing Users' Photos
February 04, 2019
Swati Khandelwal
Just because an app is available on Google Play Store doesn't mean that it is a legitimate app. Despite so many efforts by Google, so...
New Android Malware Apps Use Motion Sensor to Evade Detection
January 18, 2019
Mohit Kumar
Even after so many efforts by Google for preventing its Play Store from malware, shady apps somehow managed to fool its anti-malware prot...
8 Popular Android Apps Caught Up In Million-Dollar Ad Fraud Scheme
November 27, 2018
Swati Khandelwal
Cheetah Mobile —a prominent Chinese app company, known for its popular utility apps like Clean Master and Battery Doctor—and one of its s...
Cybercriminals Hijack Router DNS to Distribute Android Banking Trojan
April 16, 2018
Swati Khandelwal
Security researchers have been warning about an ongoing malware campaign hijacking Internet routers to distribute Android banking malware...
VirusTotal launches 'Droidy' sandbox to detect malicious Android apps
April 05, 2018
Mohit Kumar
One of the biggest and most popular multi-antivirus scanning engine service has today launched a new Android sandbox service, dubbed Vir...
New Android Malware Secretly Records Phone Calls and Steals Private Data
April 03, 2018
Swati Khandelwal
Security researchers at Cisco Talos have uncovered variants of a new Android Trojan that are being distributed in the wild disguising as ...
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