Arun Sabapathy is a Malware Research Scientist with McAfee Labs in Bangalore, India. His responsibilities include analyzing computer malware and tracking global malware trends. He also specializes in Android OS-based malware analysis and blogs.
This blog was updated on January 14. See the end of the file. A new Java zero-day vulnerability is spreading malicious files to infect unprotected users. The threat is dangerous: Just browsing a malicious page or clicking a malicious link in spam is enough to cause an infection when combined with a vulnerable Java version. Read more…
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We all know how fast the smart phone market is growing. Along with it, the complexity and the numbers of mobile malware are also on the rise. While I was going through our mobile malware collection, I found an interesting piece of malware for Android. This malware acts as an IRC Bot, just as we Read more…
Tags: Android Bot analysis, Android Dropper, Android Malware, Android Malware Analysis, Android Rooting Exploit, Android SMS broadcast, Arun Sabapathy, Exploit for Android, IRCBOT for android, Malicious Android Application, mobile malware, Premium SMS Trojan, Rooting Exploit
Last week, there was quite a buzz in the mobile-malware researchers community about a new Android malware. It came to light not because of its sophistication or complexity but due to the simple method that it uses to spread. Most Android malware we have witnessed are repackaged malicious apps made available in black markets or Read more…
In our last blog about Android malware, we discussed the expanding threat landscape for Android malware. Recently, we received an Android package in our collection and observed that this malicious application uses a rooting exploit that targets Android devices running OS Versions 2.3 or earlier to gain root privileges on the compromised device. The malware Read more…
Tags: Android Exploit, Android Malware, Android Malware Analysis, Android Mobile Malware, Android Rooting Exploit, Exploit for Android, Linux/Exploit:Looter Analysis, Looter Analysis, mobile malware
Due to the growing popularity of smartphones running the Android OS, the smartphone market is seeing immense growth. Whenever a product attracts attention in a market, that item will be targeted by attackers making use of its popularity as an attack vector. We expect the threat landscape for Android malware will grow considerably in the Read more…
Tags: Android, Android Malware, Android Malware Analysis, Android/NickiSpy, mobile malware, NickiSpy, Records phone conversations
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