A spyware family called SonicSpy was found on three apps available on the Google Play store as well as on more than 1,000 apps available on third-party app stores.

The first mobile banking Trojan that obtains root privileges on Android devices has been seen in the wild.

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...

It didn’t take long for attackers to start capitalizing on the popularity of Pokémon GO. Shortly after Niantic, the company behind the now ubiquitous app, released it last month, researchers spotted a malicious, backdoored version of the app on a file repository service. Now attackers are pushing SMS spam messages to entice Pokémon GO players to visit...

Niantic, Inc. – the company behind the ubiquitous, can’t-go-10-minutes-without-hearing-about-it Pokémon GO game – said Monday night it wasn’t the company’s intent to request full access permission of its users’ Google accounts. The company, a Google spinoff, was put in the crosshairs over its security, or lack thereof, earlier this week after it was discovered the app had...

Researchers are warning would-be Pokémon Trainers that a malicious, backdoored version of the massively popular game Pokémon Go could be making the rounds soon. An APK (Android application package file) of the game has been rigged with a remote access tool (RAT) called Droidjack that if installed, could essentially give an attacker complete access to...