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Google has removed 20 apps from Google Play that were spreading a variant of the HummingBad Android malware called Hummingwhale.
The Gooligan Android malware steals Google authentication tokens from mobile devices to breach user and corporate accounts.
A rogue and malicious app that billed itself as a “Guide for Pokémon GO” managed to make it into Google Play’s marketplace. Once installed, the malware-laced app gave attackers root access to any Android device it was installed on. The app, actually a Trojan in disguise, contained a nasty piece of code that went onto...
In the security world where Trojans remake themselves more often than a fading Hollywood actor, the Marcher Trojan is no exception. The 3-year-old Marcher has found new relevance targeting Android users visiting porn sites, according to a report from security firm Zscaler. Over the past month, researchers observed a new Marcher campaign where attackers are attempting...
The Brain Test mobile malware family has once again been evicted from Google Play. Known for piggy-backing on fully functioning mobile applications, the malware’s various iterations try to root Android devices, download malicious APKs and inflate the Google Play ratings of other apps written by the same group of Chinese developers. Worse yet is Brain...