Researchers from the Technical University (TU) of Darmstadt's Secure Mobile Networking Lab examined the low-power mode (LPM) implementation on iPhones and discovered that it could allow attackers to operate malware even on switched-off iPhones.
Vodafone have sent a warning to all of its users after a scam text, claiming to be from delivery service DHL, has been targeting their customers. However, the text contains a link to malicious malware targeting Android devices.
Microsoft's Defender Research Team has found a piece of a particularly sophisticated Android ransomware with novel techniques and behaviour, exemplifying the rapid evolution of mobile threats that they have also observed on other platforms.
At Black Hat USA 2020 Monday, BlackBerry released a free open-source tool for cybersecurity professionals, called PE Tree that significantly reduces the time and effort required to reverse engineer malware.
New Android malware - BlackRock - is now targeting more apps than ever including email and social media apps as well as banking apps.
New Android malware puts all Android users at risk as it invades devices without the user noticing it. What’s worse is that the said threat has the capability to access confidential applications and even bypass the two-factor authentication.
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Google is partnering with three cybersecurity companies to flag malicious apps before they’re published on the Play Store. Google is calling this collaboration the App Defense Alliance.
Mobile threats have been around nearly as long as the mobile phone, but they continue to increase in number and complexity as mobile devices become more embedded in, and critical to, our everyday lives. What started out as a somewhat limited attack surface more than a decade ago has grown into a vast landscape of devices utilising the iOS and Android operating systems.
Security researchers have found a new malware campaign using WAV audio files to hide their malware. It’s said the attackers are using Steganography to embed the malicious code within the WAV audio files. Steganography is an ancient practice of hiding secret content and text messages inside non-suspicious messages.
BlackBerry Cylance has highlighted protective measures to safeguard partners and customers from a CylanceProtect bypass disclosed by researchers on July 18.
Security researchers in Australia claim to have tricked BlackBerry's AI-based Cylance Protect into failing to detect dangerous forms of malware. Using a "global bypass method", researchers at Skylight Cyber were able to get the system to identify malware as "goodware".
Check Point Researchers recently discovered a new variant of mobile malware that has quietly infected around 25 million Android devices, while the user remains completely unaware.
A fake third-party app called “Updates for Samsung” with more than 10 million downloads, attempted to trick Android Samsung phone users into paying for their firmware updates.
Google has detailed how Triada malware continues to infect Android devices despite efforts to resolve this issue over the last few years.
Hundreds of low cost Android smartphones are being shipped with preloaded 'Cosiloon’ malware, according to a study conducted by Avast Threat Labs.
A new malicious WhatsApp 'text bomb' can block off access to your apps and crash your entire smartphone. The bug affects both iPhones and Android phones and occurs when a specific message is sent to handsets.
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Researchers at cyber-security firm Trustlook Labs have discovered an Android trojan which, once installed, can execute its malicious software every time a device is loaded up, and steal data from some of the most popular Android apps.
In a new identified scam detected by Symantec, a malicious app dubbed ‘Android.Fakeapp’, involves a new malware strain that is phishing for Facebook login credentials directly from the targeted devices. Named Fakeapp, this new malware strain was detected earlier this month by Symantec researchers.
A newly discovered Android spyware, dubbed Skygofree, offers its users a number of unprecedented surveillance capabilities. The spyware, in development since at least 2014, is enhanced with a few capabilities that make it different to the tons of other Android malware...
A Coinhive user has allegedly hacked the BlackBerry Mobile website to mine Monero coins before the scam was identified and details published on Reddit.
IT security researchers at Symantec have discovered malware that secretly spies upon Uber’s Android app and extracts private, sensitive data such as users’ passwords. This allows attackers to hijack accounts owned by Uber users and has been dubbed Android.Fakeapp.
Three hackers have pleaded guilty to their role in developing, spreading and using Mirai malware botnet to conduct large-scale Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on some of the Internet’s most popular websites...
The days when hackers had to write their own scripts and run exploits to gain access to the computers has all but gone as today, there are tons of free and premium Trojan Development Kits (TDKs) that can be used to create malware.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK's Information Commissioner's Office to combat commercial electronic messages and unwanted telemarketing calls.
At Google I/O 2017, Google announced Google Play Protect, a new suite of services that will help secure your Android device with Google Play Services installed.
As the Internet continues to go mobile, smartphones and tablets have become prime targets for malware attacks. The threat is real. But how much do consumers know about the risk of mobile malware?
Facebook users are currently being targeted by a new scam that installs software onto their computers to steal sensitive information, including usernames, passwords and financial details.
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