Bugs. Creepy, crawly, never-really-know-where-they’re-hiding, infestations of bugs. If we could just see them all, we would rid our lives of bug infestations with doses of (environmentally friendly) spray. But what about the bugs that we can’t see? What about the bugs that have snuck past, and infiltrated the hidden corners of our lives, then quietly Read more…
Tags: BadNews Bug, Google Play
Last week McAfee Labs reported a series of “one-click fraud” malware on Google Play in Japan. We have been monitoring this fraudulent activity and have found more than 120 additional variants on Google Play since the previous report. The malicious developers upload five or six applications per account using three to five accounts every night, Read more…
Tags: Android security, Android/OneClickFraud, Google Play, one-click fraud, online safety
In what may be the biggest security-related incident on Google Play this year, multiple Trojans targeting Japanese users were discovered carrying the strain of Android one-click fraud. McAfee Mobile Research has already identified multiple developer accounts that were used to spread the malware and confirmed that more than 80 applications of this type existed on Read more…
Tags: Android security, Android/OneClickFraud, Google Play, one-click fraud, online safety
Almost exactly one year ago, Google announced the addition of a “new layer to Android security,” a service codenamed Bouncer that was intended to provide automated scanning of the Android Market for potentially malicious software. However, as my colleague Jimmy Shah wrote in a previous blog post, Bouncer has not been enough to keep all Read more…
Tags: Android Malware, Android Market, Autorun, Google Play, phishing, Ssucl
Halloween is here but don’t be scared by ghosts and goblins – the things that go bump in the night might just be malicious spyware, malware and viruses invading your phone and collecting your personal information. Before you trick-or-treat around the app world, be aware that some of those seemingly harmless apps could become more Read more…
Tags: Android, app store, apps, Google Play, halloween, Mobile, security
While it is widely understood that mobile devices are more than just phones – they are a lifeline to the outside world, entertainment platform, GPS system, little black book and a shopping and banking tool – it’s lesser known that these devices are also gateways. Mobile devices can be used by a hacker as an Read more…
Tags: Android, Google Play, Hackers, Mobile, mobile security, NCSA, tips to mobile security
In recent years one of the most prevalent malware threats for PCs (and lately Mac users) is fake-antivirus software, which pretends to be a legitimate security program. Its real purpose is to charge victims a fee to remove a nonexistent threat. The same threat has now been ported to mobile devices. In some cases we Read more…
Tags: Android, fake anti-virus software, fake-av, Google Play, Mobile, pup
Recently we discovered a new Android Trojan in the official Google Play market that displays a video downloaded from the Internet–but only if some sensitive information is previously sent to a remote server. The malicious applications are designed for Japanese users and display “trailers” of upcoming video games for Android. Here’s one example: Or anime/adult Read more…
Tags: Android, DougaLeaker, Google Play, Japan, malware
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