Clever Smartphone Malware Concealment Technique

This is clever: Malicious apps hosted in the Google Play market are trying a clever trick to avoid detection -- they monitor the motion-sensor input of an infected device before installing a powerful banking trojan to make sure it doesn't load on emulators researchers use to detect attacks. The...

QIWI: [QIWI Wallet] Access to protected app components

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Malicious apps deploy Anubis banking trojan using motion detection

By Waqas Google has left no stone unturned in preventing malware and banking trojan from invading the applications uploaded on its official Play Store. Despite having anti-malware protection, shady applications somehow make it to the platform. In fact, malware developers have become so advanced i...

Google Play Removes Malicious Malware-Ridden Apps

Google Play has removed two malicious apps that were infecting devices with a notorious banking malware bent on scooping up victim’s credentials. The two apps, Currency Converter and BatterySaverMobo, purported to be useful mobile tools that help users calculate currency and optimize mobile batte...

8 million users installed 9 adware apps from Play Store

By Uzair Amir This is the second time in one week that adware apps have been found on Google Play Store. Lukas Stefanko, an IT security researcher at ESET has discovered 9 Android apps on Google Play Store spamming users with unwanted ads. One of the apps called "Remote control for TV and home...

Pre-Installed Android App Impacts Millions with Slew of Malicious Activity

A pre-installed Android application on Alcatel smartphones has been found surreptitiously siphoning off geolocation data, email addresses and phone identification numbers and sending the data to a server in China. Analysts with Upstream’s Secure-D platform said that the app, Weather Forecast—Worl...

Google Play Boots 85 Malicious Adware Apps

At least 85 fake apps harboring adware, disguised as game, TV, and remote control simulator apps have been removed from the Google Play app store. Researchers with Trend Micro said Tuesday that they found an active adware family in fake apps on the Google Play store that had been downloaded a...

Google Removes 85 Adware Apps That Infect 9 Million Android Users

Google has removed 85 apps from its Play Store after finding out that they were pushing aggressive, full-screen adware to Android users. With the rise in the mobile market, Adware has become one of the most prevalent mobile threats in the world. Adware has traditionally been used to aggressively...

MobSTSPY Info-Stealing Trojan Goes Global Via Google Play

An Android spyware dubbed MobSTSPY has managed to ride trojanized apps to a widespread, global distribution, mainly via Google Play. The malware masquerades as a legitimate application purporting to be things like flashlights, games and work productivity tools. While it’s not uncommon to come...

Android Trojan Targets PayPal Users

Want to download an Android battery utility app from a third-party Android app store? What could possibly go wrong? Last month researchers downloaded a power management app called “Optimization Android” from an undisclosed third-party app store. What they found was instead of optimizing the phone...

Nasty Android malware found stealing its victims’ PayPal funds

By Waqas Another day, another Android malware - This time, according to the latest findings of ESET's IT security researchers, there is a new malware in Google Play Store that hijacks PayPal account to steal money - Researchers assessed that the malware is specifically targeting Android users and...

Cheetah Mobile Blames SDKs for Rampant Ad Fraud in Its Android Apps

Cheetah Mobile is finding itself in a swirl of media attention after being accused of developing mobile apps that contain deliberate ad fraud features. But the mobile giant says it didn’t do it. The Chinese developer, which is listed as a top provider in Google Play’s tool app category, offers...

8 Popular Android Apps Caught Up In Million-Dollar Ad Fraud Scheme

Cheetah Mobile—a prominent Chinese app company, known for its popular utility apps like Clean Master and Battery Doctor—and one of its subsidiary Kika Tech have allegedly been caught up in an Android ad fraud scheme that stole millions of dollars from advertisers. According to app analytics firm...

A week in security (November 19 – 25)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a look at a devastating business email compromise attack, web skimming antics, and the fresh perils of Deepfakes. We also checked out some Chrome bug issues, and took the deepest of deep dives into DNA testing. Other cybersecurity news Adobe Flash bug—get...

13 malware gaming apps on Play Store installed by half a million users

By Waqas Android is one of the most used mobile operating systems in the world and that makes it a lucrative target for malicious hackers. Recently, ESET's IT security researcher Lukas Stefanko identified the presence of a malware in 13 driving gaming apps on none other than Google Play Store...

[SECURITY] Fedora 28 Update: kde-connect-1.3.3-1.fc28

KDE Connect adds communication between KDE and your smartphone. Currently, you can pair with your Android devices over Wifi using the KDE Connect 1.0 app from Albert Vaka which you can obtain via Google Play, F-Droid or the project website...

[SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: kde-connect-1.3.3-1.fc27

KDE Connect adds communication between KDE and your smartphone. Currently, you can pair with your Android devices over Wifi using the KDE Connect 1.0 app from Albert Vaka which you can obtain via Google Play, F-Droid or the project website...

Bug bounty open for Opera Android apps!

News Bug bounty open for Opera Android apps! Share November 20th, 2018 We are happy to announce that our applications are now covered by the Google Play Security Reward Program. Researchers are invited to help us improve the security of our chosen products in return for fame and up to $5,000!...

CVE-2018-2491

When opening a deep link URL in SAP Fiori Client with log level set to "Debug", the client application logs the URL to the log file. If this URL contains malicious JavaScript code it can eventually run inside the built-in log viewer of the application in case user opens the viewer and taps on the...

Information disclosure

It is possible for a malware application installed on an Android device to send local push notifications with an empty message to SAP Fiori Client and cause the application to crash. SAP Fiori Client version 1.11.5 in Google Play store addresses these issues and users must update to that version...