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Android malware masquerades as AliPay app
An Android malware is masquerading as a security feature for AliPay, a Chinese PayPal-like online payment app.
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Extortion malware for Android, iOS rose in second half of 2014, report says
F-Secure observed an uptick in ransomware as well as malware for both Android and iOS in the second half of last year, according to its new threat report.
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KL-Remote toolkits let criminals ‘virtually mug’ unsuspecting users
A previously unpublished remote overlay toolkit offers an easy-to-use GUI and can be embedded in most common banking malware.
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Chinese police department purchased spyware
A police department in Wenzhou bought a coding machine and software used to plant trojans in jail-broken iPhones and Androids.
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Android malware rises 300 percent, report says
Quick Heal's annual threat report found a marked increase in Android malware between 2011 and the end of 2014.
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Malicious banking apps in Google Play target Brazilian Android users
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab said the first trojan banker, published by "Governo Federal," was predictable.
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Two Russian cybercriminals nabbed in Android malware scheme
Two men were arrested for stealing money from victims' bank accounts after sending malicious emails offering a romantic gift.
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ScarePakage ransomware warns Android users of FBI probe
Lookout has identified a ScarePakage mobile ransomware that renders Android phones inoperable and attempts to extort ransom via MoneyPak vouchers.
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Google shuts down malicious ‘Google Play Stoy’ app
Working with researchers from FireEye, Google rebuffed a nasty malware app that would let hackers take bank passwords and other data from Android devices.
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Android Trojan has affected 2,000, spawned 30 versions
A Kaspersky Labs security expert says the Trojan-Ransom.AndroidOS.Pletor.a is most often spread by downloads from fake porn sites.