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.
