CVE-2015-3636

The Google Play store has become better in recent years at policing malware, raising the bar for attackers, but well-crafted stealthy Trojans continue to slip in from time to time. Such is the case of AbstractEmu, a recently discovered threat masquerading as utility apps and capable of gaining full control over devices through root exploits. […]

Security researchers discovered a new Android Remote Access Trojan (RAT) dubbed KevDroid that can steal private data and record phone calls. Security researchers at South Korean cybersecurity firm ESTsecurity have discovered a new strain of Android Trojan KevDroid that is being distributed disguised as a fake anti-virus application, dubbed “Naver Defender.” “Spear phishing attacks targeting Android […]

Security researchers have discovered a new Android Remote Access Trojan (RAT) that can steal a great deal of information from infected devices.

A newly discovered backdoor that has managed to infect over one thousand Android devices was designed to steal sensitive data from popular social media applications, Google reveals.

Google identified a new family of Android malware dubbed Tizi spyware by using Google Play Protect, it spies on popular apps like WhatsApp and Telegram. In May, Google introduced the defense system called Google Play Protect to protect the Android devices, it implements a machine learning and app usage analysis to identify any malicious activity on the […]

Check Point researchers identified a mobile malware that infected 14 million Android devices, rooting approximately 8 million of them, and earning the hackers behind the campaign approximately $1.5 million in fake ad revenues in two months. The malware, dubbed CopyCat by Check Point mobile threat researchers, uses a novel technique to generate and steal […]

Godless is a new strain of Android Malware recently spotted by experts from Trend Micro that leverages multiple rooting exploits. Godless is a new strain of malware that uses multiple rooting exploit to compromise Android mobile devices. The mobile malware is a sort of hacking platform that includes an open-source rooting framework called android-rooting-tools. The […]

A recently observed piece of mobile malware that leverages multiple rooting exploits targets nearly 90 percent of Android devices, Trend Micro researchers say.

OEMs like Samsung and HTC run heavily customized versions of Android. Unfortunately, the OEM patch deployment infrastructure is disorganized and too often end users are left exposed for large periods of time.The aim of NowSecure’s Android Vulnerability Test Suite (Android VTS) is to educate users about the health of their devices and show the attack surface that a given device presents.The Android VTS currently checks for the following: CVE-2011 1149 / PSNueter / Ashmem Exploit … More →