Zeus malware targeting BlackBerry and Android devices

Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have discovered five new samples of the ZeuS-in-the-Mobile ZitMo malware package, targeting Android and BlackBerry devices. Zitmo Zeus in the mobile is the name given to the mobile versions of Zeus, and it's been around for a couple of years already, mostly...

OpFake, FakeInst Android Malware Variants Continue to Resist Detection

Android devices have remained a constant target of attacks over the last quarter thanks in part to new variants from the FakeInst and OpFake families of malware. According to the latest version of the F-Secure Mobile Threat Report, the firm found 5033 malicious Android application packages APKs, ...

Zeus Comes to the BlackBerry

Researchers have found several samples of a new version of the mobile version of the Zeus malware, with these newest ones targeting the BlackBerry platform. BlackBerry has not been a common target for attackers, despite the high-value user base of corporate executives and government officials, bu...

CVE-2012-3887

AirDroid before 1.0.7 beta uses a cleartext base64 format for data transfer that is documented as an "Encrypted Transmission" feature, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the local wireless network, as demonstrated by the SMS message content sent to the...

Information disclosure

AirDroid before 1.0.7 beta uses a cleartext base64 format for data transfer that is documented as an "Encrypted Transmission" feature, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the local wireless network, as demonstrated by the SMS message content sent to the...

New OpFake Android Malware Entices Users With Opera Mini Browser

There is a new variant of the OpFake mobile malware making the rounds, and this version comes bundled with a version of the legitimate Opera Mini mobile browser. The malware targets Android phones and steals money from victims by sending SMS messages without the user’s knowledge to premium-rate...

Android Dr. Web Anti-Virus信息泄露漏洞

Android Dr.Web Anti-virus是一款基于安卓平台的杀毒软件。 当处理com.drweb.activities.antispam.CursorActivit类中的SQL查询时存在错误，可被利用泄露呼叫历史和SMS消息。 0 Dr.Web Anti-virus for Android 7.x 厂商解决方案 Dr.Web Anti-virus for Android 7.00.2已经修复此漏洞，建议用户下载使用： http://news.drweb.com/show/?c=5&i=2573&lng=en...

Microsoft: Fake Skype For Android App Linked To SMS Scams

Microsoft researchers are warning about a new Trojan horse program for Android mobile devices that sends out premium SMS messages once installed. The Trojan is just the latest example of malware that is installed by unwitting users who frequent phony mobile application marketplaces designed to lo...

Dr.Web antivirus SQL injection

SQL injection in com.drweb.activities.antispam.CursorActivity class of android antivirus allows untrusted applications to access SMS archive...

More Malware Using a Remote Payload Discovered on Google Play

Symantec is warning of new malware masquerading as two apps on Google Play that claimed up to 100,000 victims before the Trojan was removed. Both “Super Mario Bros.” and “GTA 3 Moscow City” racked up 50,000 to 100,000 downloads after being posted June 24 on Google Play. “What is most interesting...

New Android Malware Family Infects 100,000

A new family of malware has infected some 100,000 Android devices via malicious application downloads on nine separate third-party markets in China, according to researchers at the mobile security provider TrustGo. The researchers are calling this strain ‘Trojan!MMarketPay.A@Android’...

New E-Banking Trojans Target Android Users

The security firm Trusteer reports that new Web-based attacks are targeting Android smartphone users in a campaign to circumvent two-factor sign-on features used by many banks to protect account holders. Writing on the Trusteer blog on Tuesday, CTO Amit Klein of Trusteer said that researchers the...

New Trojan Spreading On App Store and Google Play

A new Trojan that uploads users’ phonebooks to a remote server is making the rounds, circulating on both Apple’s App Store and the Google Play marketplaces, according to research by Kaspersky Lab posted on the Securelist web site earlier today. Kaspersky virus researchers, responding to a request...

Security Veterans Score Funding for New Startup Bluebox

Many people would consider themselves lucky to be a part of one successful start-up company, but for a select group of entrepreneurs, engineers and executives, that’s just the beginning. Such is the case for the team behind new mobile security firm Bluebox, a stealth-mode company that counts SPI...

New Fake Android Security App is Zeus Malware

There’s a new series of malicious Android applications masquerading as a premium security app for the mobile platform, and researchers say that the malware is part of the Zeus empire. The fake security apps began showing up in researchers’ malware traps in early June and newer versions have...

Phil Zimmermann Returns With Silent Circle Voice and Data Privacy

If you use encryption products to protect your data or communications, you owe a debt of gratitude to Phil Zimmermann. Now, Zimmermann is aiming to collect on that debt with his new company, Silent Circle, a startup that will provide secure phone, email and SMS communications. Zimmermann has been...

Foncy is Dead, Long Live Mania

In the middle of January 2012 Foncy was updated: it started to spread together with an IRC bot and a root exploit. But the end of the Foncy story was very close because in February two suspected authors of this malware were arrested in Paris: you can read the story here in French and here in...

Tatanga Trojan Mixes MitB with Social Engineering

Cybercriminals are using the Tatanga trojan to carry out a complicated man-in-the-browser MitB attack that enables the circumvention of SMS authentication for financial transactions, according to Trusteer’s Amit Klein. The attack is targeting the customers of a number of banks in Germany. How man...

CVE-2012-2562

The Xelex MobileTrack application 2.3.7 and earlier for Android does not verify the origin of SMS commands, which allows remote attackers to execute a 1 LOCATE, 2 TRACK, 3 UPDATECFG, 4 UPDATEACCT, 5 STAT, 6 TERM, or 7 WIPE command via an SMS message...

Command injection

The Xelex MobileTrack application 2.3.7 and earlier for Android does not verify the origin of SMS commands, which allows remote attackers to execute a 1 LOCATE, 2 TRACK, 3 UPDATECFG, 4 UPDATEACCT, 5 STAT, 6 TERM, or 7 WIPE command via an SMS message...