We recently discovered a new strain of Android malware. Trojan-Spy.AndroidOS.Cookiethief turned out to be quite simple. Its main task was to acquire root rights on the victim device, and transfer cookies used by the browser and Facebook app to the cybercriminals’ server. Read Full Article
Kaspersky has continued to track the Roaming Mantis campaign. The group’s attack methods have improved and new targets continuously added in order to steal more funds. Read Full Article
In 2019, Kaspersky mobile products and technologies detected 3,503,952 malicious installation packages, 69,777 new mobile banking Trojans and 68,362 new mobile ransomware Trojans. Read Full Article
Cybercriminals use Trojan-Dropper.AndroidOS.Shopper.a to boost certain app’s rating and increase the number of installations and registrations. All this can be used, among other things, to dupe advertisers. Read Full Article
Kaspersky solutions blocked 989,432,403 attacks launched from online resources in 203 countries across the globe; 560,025,316 unique URLs were recognized as malicious by Web Anti-Virus components. Read Full Article
Mobile espionage targeting the Middle East, new FinSpy iOS and Android implants, Dtrack banking malware and other security news Read Full Article
Now one can say that only the lazy did not use Hqwar: Kaspersky’s collection of viruses features over 200,000 Trojans packed using Hqwar. Read Full Article
BRATA” is a new Android remote access tool malware family. It exclusively targets victims in Brazil: however, theoretically it could also be used to attack any other Android user if the cybercriminals behind it want to. Read Full Article
Recently, the popular CamScanner – Phone PDF creator app caught our attention. After analyzing the app, we saw that the developer added an advertising library to it that contains a malicious dropper component. Read Full Article
Targeted attacks, malware campaigns and other security news in Q2 2019. Read Full Article