A new threat has surfaced targeting users in Korea and Japan, but this attack, unlike others making the news, is not one motivated by political or ideological dogma. Instead, this one is based purely on old-fashioned greed. Vertu phone owners or those looking for a localized Vertu theme in Korean or Japanese for an Android Read more…
Tags: Android, Android/Smsilence, Cybercrime, Japan, Korea, malware, mobile malware, mobile security, targeted attacks
Zeus “banking” malware and its variants have been making headlines in recent months. One variant, the Citadel Trojan, has now taken the spotlight with the news of its withdrawal from the open crimeware market. Recently the author of Citadel, Aquabox, has been banned from a large online forum that sells malware and other services to Read more…
Tags: Citadel, Denmark, government, Japan, Poetry Group, Poland, trojan
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
I read the New York Times article today titled “On Security, Microsoft Reports Progress and Alarm” and was quite intrigued by the closing paragraph that talked about malware infection rates in different countries. According to the article, Japan had the lowest rate of 1.8 for every 1,000 PCs, while the U.S. was back in the Read more…
Tags: Japan, malware, New York Times
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