The fragile security of the mobile ecosystem
Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have become indispensable in our daily lives. In fact, in Q4 2015, smartphones accounted for around 75 percent of all mobile …
Viking Horde botnet malware lurks on Google Play
Five apps on Google Play carry Viking Horde, a new malware family that ropes Android devices into an ad-clicking botnet, but can also make them send out spam, send SMS …
Android Trojan pesters victims, won’t take no for an answer
If an app won’t stop badgering you to give it administrator rights to your Android device, chances are you have picked up malware somewhere. Malware peddlers are …
Android banking malware may start using adware tricks
Android banking and credential-stealing malware with screen overlay capabilities is on the rise, but for it to be effective, it must detect when banking, email, social media …
Malicious Chrome update actively targeting Android users
A fake malicious Chrome update is being actively pushed onto Android users, saddling them with information-stealing malware that can be uninstalled only by restoring the …
Screen overlay Android malware is on the rise
As predicted, the ability to lay screens over legitimate (e.g. banking) apps is becoming a crucial feature for the success of Android malware. The capability was first seen in …
Presidential primary election apps may expose sensitive data
Did you know that there are over 1,200 Android apps, both official and unofficial, that help voters keep track of the happenings in the US presidential primary? Better yet, …
Exploit kit targets Android devices, delivers ransomware
Ransomware hitting mobile devices is not nearly as widespread as that which targets computers, but Blue Coat researchers have discovered something even less common: mobile …
Encryption securing money transfers on mobile phones can be broken
A group of researchers has proved that it is possible to break the encryption used by many mobile payment apps by simply measuring and analysing the electromagnetic radiation …
Android adware infiltrates devices’ firmware, Trend Micro apps
Dubbed Gmobi by Dr. Web researchers, the malware comes in the form of a software development kit (SDK), and has been found in several legitimate applications by well-known …
MobSF: Security analysis of Android and iOS apps
The Mobile Security Framework (MobSF) is an open source framework capable of performing end to end security testing of mobile applications. MobSF can be used for security …
Hotel replaces light switches with insecure Android tablets
Here’s another documented instance for the “insecure Internet of Things” annals, courtesy of CoreOS security developer Matthew Garrett. Garrett, who’s …
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