Posts Tagged: Android

Any of my friends would tell you that I’m crazy paranoid about malicious users–especially when I sell off my old electronics. I’m the type of guy who’d prefer to put a nail through an old device. Unfortunately I’m also the type of guy that likes to buy the new Nexus devices every time they release–so… Read more »

Android malware authors have seized an opportunity to infect unsuspecting smartphone users with the launch of the latest addition to the immensely popular “Angry Birds” series of games. SophosLabs recently encountered malware-infected editions of the “Angry Birds Space” game which have been placed in unofficial Android app stores. Please note: The version of “Angry Birds… Read more »

The Android “factory data reset” feature is supposed to remove all private data from a device. But does it? As the IT security company “Hatforce” discovered, it is possible to recover the deleted data on many Android phones. When a phone is sold, the buyer could thus gain access to the private data of the… Read more »

Bad news: Fraudsters have all the tools they need to effectively turn mobile malware into the biggest customer security problem we’ve ever seen. They are lacking just one thing – customer adoption. The number of users who bank online from their mobile devices is still relatively low. Additionally, transactions are not yet enabled for mobile… Read more »

Android malware seems to be all the rage at the moment. Here’s a few comments on a couple interesting side issues we’ve been discussing as we’ve seen them crop up during analyses. First up: there was a recent report on suspicious applications found the official Android Market. The apps in question have since been taken… Read more »

The Symbian, Windows Mobile and Blackberry modules of the notorious Zeus malware toolkit (also known as ZBot) have been known about for some months, and it has been clear that Zeus gang was interested in developing malware for mobile platforms. However, until now we have not seen any evidence of Zeus targeting users who own… Read more »

Another Android malware utilizing the root exploit “Rage Against The Cage” has been found, and we detected it as Trojan:Android/DroidKungFu.A. This new malware was embedded on a trojanized application that may require a root access in order to conceal itself. The infection occurs in two parts: Infection: Part 1 The first part is the installation… Read more »

FaceNiff is an Android app that allows you to sniff and intercept web session profiles over the WiFi that your mobile is connected to. It is possible to hijack sessions only when WiFi is not using EAP, but it should work over any private networks (Open/WEP/WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK). It’s kind of like Firesheep for android, but maybe… Read more »

According to German researchers, 99% of Android devices might be at risk from a vulnerability which could allow unauthorised parties to snoop on your Google Calendar and Contacts information. The discovery by the University of Ulm researchers brings to light a serious privacy issue, and underlines the difficulty that many Android smartphone owners appear to… Read more »