CVE-2020-0041

Researchers have discovered 19 mobile apps carrying rooting malware on official and third-party Android app stores, including Google Play and Samsung Galaxy Store. “While rare, rooting malware is very dangerous,” Lookout researchers Kristina Balaam and Paul Shunk explained. “By using the rooting process to gain privileged access to the Android operating system, the threat actor can silently grant themselves dangerous permissions or install additional malware — steps that would normally require user interaction. Elevated privileges … More →

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. […]

AbstractEmu is a new Android malware that can root infected devices to take complete control and evade detection with different tricks. Security researchers at the Lookout Threat Labs have discovered a new Android malware, dubbed AbstractEmu, with rooting capabilities that is distributed on Google Play and prominent third-party stores (i.e. Amazon Appstore and the Samsung Galaxy Store). The malware […]