New Ad Fraud Campaign Exploits 331 Apps with 60M+ Downloads for Phishing and Intrusive Ads

Cybersecurity researchers have warned about a large-scale ad fraud campaign that has leveraged hundreds of malicious apps published on the Google Play Store to serve full-screen ads and conduct phishing attacks. "The apps display out-of-context ads and even try to persuade victims to give away...

Predatory app downloaded 100,000 times from Google Play Store steals data, uses it for blackmail

A malicious app claiming to be a financial management tool has been downloaded 100,000 times from the Google Play Store. The app— known as “Finance Simplified”—belongs to the SpyLoan family which specializes in predatory lending. Sometimes malware creators manage to get their apps listed in the...

15 SpyLoan Apps Found on Play Store Targeting Millions

SUMMARY Cybercriminals are exploiting SpyLoan, or predatory loan apps, to target unsuspecting users globally. McAfee cybersecurity researchers report…...

8 Million Android Users Hit by SpyLoan Malware in Loan Apps on Google Play

Over a dozen malicious Android apps identified on the Google Play Store that have been collectively downloaded over 8 million times contain malware known as SpyLoan, according to new findings from McAfee Labs. "These PUP potentially unwanted programs applications use social engineering tactics to...

These 8 Apps on Google Play Store Contain Android/FakeApp Trojan

Eight Android apps on the Google Play Store, downloaded by millions, contain the Android.FakeApp trojan, stealing user data…...

Google Blocks Unsafe Android App Sideloading in India for Improved Fraud Protection

Google has announced that it's piloting a new security initiative that automatically blocks sideloading of potentially unsafe Android apps in India, after similar tests in Singapore, Thailand, and Brazil. The enhanced fraud protection feature aims to keep users safe when they attempt to install...

Fake Trading Apps Target Victims Globally via Apple App Store and Google Play

A large-scale fraud campaign leveraged fake trading apps published on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as well as phishing sites, to defraud victims, per findings from Group-IB. The campaign is part of a consumer investment fraud scheme that's also widely known as pig butchering, in whi...

Malicious code in google-play-store (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 b0f8bc12f61546bde84dd1d7a64519fcdc55ce875b71f3d8d848d2d5daa2248d This is a copy of https://pypi.org/project/play-scraper/ with added a very questionable "telemetry": in scraper.py, L90 sends the user hostname, IP and the exa...

MAL-2024-12280 Malicious code in google-play-store (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 b0f8bc12f61546bde84dd1d7a64519fcdc55ce875b71f3d8d848d2d5daa2248d This is a copy of https://pypi.org/project/play-scraper/ with added a very questionable "telemetry": in scraper.py, L90 sends the user hostname, IP and the exa...

Crypto Scam App Disguised as WalletConnect Steals $70K in Five-Month Campaign

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Android app on the Google Play Store that enabled the threat actors behind it to steal approximately $70,000 in cryptocurrency from victims over a period of nearly five months. The dodgy app, identified by Check Point, masqueraded as the...

Necro Android Malware Found in Popular Camera and Browser Apps on Play Store

Altered versions of legitimate Android apps associated with Spotify, WhatsApp, and Minecraft have been used to deliver a new version of a known malware loader called Necro. Kaspersky said some of the malicious apps have also been found on the Google Play Store. They have been cumulatively...

New Android Malware 'Ajina.Banker' Steals Financial Data and Bypasses 2FA via Telegram

Bank customers in the Central Asia region have been targeted by a new strain of Android malware codenamed Ajina.Banker since at least November 2023 with the goal of harvesting financial information and intercepting two-factor authentication 2FA messages. Singapore-headquartered Group-IB, which...

Android Browser Remote Code Execution Through Google Play Store XFO

This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'Android Browser RCE Through Google Play Store XFO', 'Description' = %q This module combines two vulnerabilities to achieve remote code execution ...

Security Bulletin: IBM MaaS360 has identified a vulnerability in the MaaS360 MDM for Android Application (CVE-2024-35118)

Summary A vulnerability was identified and remediated in the IBM MaaS360 MDM for Android Application Version 8.60 and Prior Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2024-35118 DESCRIPTION: IBM MaaS360 Android agent v 8.55 and lower is using hard coded credentials that can be obtained by a user with physic...

New Mandrake Spyware Found in Google Play Store Apps After Two Years

A new iteration of a sophisticated Android spyware called Mandrake has been discovered in five applications that were available for download from the Google Play Store and remained undetected for two years. The applications attracted a total of more than 32,000 installations before being pulled...

Popular Android Apps Like Xiaomi, WPS Office Vulnerable to File Overwrite Flaw

Several popular Android applications available in Google Play Store are susceptible to a path traversal-affiliated vulnerability codenamed the Dirty Stream attack that could be exploited by a malicious app to overwrite arbitrary files in the vulnerable app's home directory. "The implications of...

Google Prevented 2.28 Million Malicious Apps from Reaching Play Store in 2023

Google on Monday revealed that almost 200,000 app submissions to its Play Store for Android were either rejected or remediated to address issues with access to sensitive data such as location or SMS messages over the past year. The tech giant also said it blocked 333,000 bad accounts from the app...

Google Sues App Developers Over Fake Crypto Investment App Scam

Google has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. against two app developers for allegedly engaging in an "international online consumer investment fraud scheme" that tricked users into downloading bogus Android apps from the Google Play Store and other sources and stealing their funds under the guise of...

CVE-2024-3128

CVE-2024-3128 affects Replify-Messenger 1.0 on Android, due to an issue in the Backup File Handler’s processing of androidmanifest.xml that can expose backup files to an unauthorized control sphere. The vulnerability enables attack on the physical device; the exploit has been disclosed publicly. ...

Malicious Apps Caught Secretly Turning Android Phones into Proxies for Cybercriminals

Several malicious Android apps that turn mobile devices running the operating system into residential proxies RESIPs for other threat actors have been observed on the Google Play Store. The findings come from HUMAN's Satori Threat Intelligence team, which said the cluster of VPN apps came fitted...