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BusyGasper is rudimentary spyware with a bevy of novel twists that is highly effective at collecting and exfiltrating data from Android phones.
Mike Murray, vice president of security intelligence at Lookout, discusses how mobile is redefining phishing, taking it out of the traditional inbox and into SMS and Facebook messages.
Analysis shows that the malware, previously a banking trojan focused on Android devices, has rapidly evolved just in the past month.
A new strain of mobile malware found on an array of apps can pull out sensitive data – including audio recordings – from Android phones.
Researchers have discovered Android malware with spy capabilities never seen before such as allowing attackers to capture encrypted WhatsApp chat sessions.
More than 500 Android mobile apps have been removed from Google Play after it was discovered that an embedded advertising SDK called Igenix could be leveraged to quietly install spyware on devices.
Over the course of two months last year the Copycat malware infected 14 million Android devices and rooted more than half of them, roughly eight million devices.
Researchers at Check Point found and remediated malware on 38 Android devices that were infected somewhere along the supply chain.
A new version of the SpyNote Trojan is designed to trick Android users into thinking it’s a legitimate Netflix application.
Cheetah Mobile reports the origins of mobile Trojans are still coming from Ghost Push, which can root devices, show ads and install unwanted apps.