Cybercrime
RAMpage vulnerability impacts every Android device since 2012
Dubbed RAMpage, the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-9442, is a variation of the Rowhammer attack and is caused by a hardware bug in memory cards.
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Cybercrime
Android Marcher mimics Super Mario Run
Zscaler researchers spotted cyber crooks looking to take advantage of the latest mobile gaming craze by disguising Android Marcher as Super Mario Run.
Cybercrime
Cybercrooks shifting to mobile malware, Nokia report
Nokia researchers said threat actors are shifting from traditional to mobile malware after spotting an 83 percent uptick in the increase of smartphone infections in the second half of 2016. The Nokia Threat Intelligence Report found that the overall monthly infection rate averaged 1.08 percent in the second half of 2016 which they said was…
Cybercrime
Spynote RAT posing as Netflix plus other popular apps
Zscaler researchers have spotted The SpyNote RAT with a full range of surveillance features posing as the Netflix app.
Cybercrime
Android ransomware wants to listens to you, for unlock code
Symantec researchers spotted Android ransomware that will may listen to your bursts of anger and frustration once infected.
Cybercrime
Mia Khalifa themed malware targets Android and Windows devices
Cybercriminals were spotted using the likes of a former adult film star to spread a multiplatform spyware disguised as an adult game.
Cybercrime
LokiBot Android Banking Trojan turns into ransomware in last ditch effort
An Android banking trojan dubbed LokiBot turns into a ransomware when users try to remove its admin privileges in a last ditch effort to extort the user.
Cybercrime
Android malware on Google Play grows botnets, launches DDoS attacks
The Sockbot malware has made its way into at least eight Apps in the Google Play Store with the intent of adding devices to botnets and performing DDoS attacks.
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Android Apps claim to mine unminable cryptocurrency, just show ads
Android apps claiming to mine unminable cryptocurrencies have made their way into the Google Play store in an attempt to serve ads. Fortinet researchers discovered the malicious apps when they noticed apps claiming to mine currencies including Ripple (XRP), Cardano (ADA) and Tether(USDT) all of which aren’t obtained by cryptomining. Similar apps have been reported…
Cybercrime
iXintpwn/YJSNPI distributed in app stores once used to spread ZNIU
App stores that once distributed the rootkit malware used by ZNIU are now distributing a new iXintpwn/YJSNPI Variant.
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