Android Security & Malware

Androscope is a collaborative Android malware encyclopedia
You can search for malware based on what they do, and if you are a reverse engineer you can contribute and add new entries to the encyclopedia. https://androscope.fortinet-cse.com/

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Revive: from spyware to Android banking trojan
https://www.cleafy.com/cleafy-labs/revive-from-spyware-to-android-banking-trojan

Cleafy

Revive: from spyware to android banking trojan | Cleafy Labs

A new banking trojan targeting Europe has been discovered by Cleafy's Threat Intelligence Team. We dubbed it Revive and it is an evolution of simple spyware into a banking trojan, with the key capability of conducting Account Takeover attacks: here's the…

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Android Security & Malware

Flubot: the evolution of a notorious Android Banking Malware
https://blog.fox-it.com/2022/06/29/flubot-the-evolution-of-a-notorious-android-banking-malware/

Fox-IT International blog

Flubot: the evolution of a notorious Android Banking Malware

Authored by Alberto Segura (main author) and Rolf Govers (co-author) Summary Flubot is an Android based malware that has been distributed in the past 1.5 years inEurope, Asia and Oceania affecting …

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Android Security & Malware

AMAZON FIXED A VULNERABILITY OF BROKEN AUTHENTICATION IN AMAZON PHOTOS ANDROID APP
https://checkmarx.com/blog/amazon-confirmed-and-fixed-a-high-severity-vulnerability-of-broken-authentication-in-amazon-photos-android-app/

Checkmarx

Amazon Confirmed and Fixed a High Severity Vulnerability of Broken Authentication in Amazon Photos Android App

Our research team at Checkmarx found that the Amazon Photos Android app could have allowed a malicious application, installed on the user’s phone, to steal their Amazon access token. The Android app has over 50 million downloads.

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Android Security & Malware

Google patched security issues in Chrome for Android, one of the exploit exists in the wild (CVE-2022-2294, CVE-2022-2295)
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/07/chrome-for-android-update.html

Chrome Releases

Chrome for Android Update

Hi, everyone! We've just released Chrome 103 (103.0.5060.71) for Android: it'll become available on Google Play over the next few days. Th...

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Android Security & Malware

Toll fraud malware: How an Android application can drain your wallet
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/06/30/toll-fraud-malware-how-an-android-application-can-drain-your-wallet/

Microsoft News

Toll fraud malware: How an Android application can drain your wallet

Toll fraud malware, a subcategory of billing fraud in which malicious applications subscribe users to premium services without their knowledge or consent, is one of the most prevalent types of Android malware – and it continues to evolve.

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Android Security & Malware

Apple implemented "Lockdown Mode" in their devices from version 16 to protects users against spyware
"Hardens device defenses and strictly limits certain functionalities, sharply reducing the attack surface that potentially could be exploited by highly targeted mercenary spyware."
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/07/apple-expands-commitment-to-protect-users-from-mercenary-spyware/

Apple Newsroom

Apple expands commitment to protect users from mercenary spyware

Apple today detailed two initiatives to help protect users who may be personally targeted by sophisticated digital threats.

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Android Security & Malware

New malware detected on Google Play, 100.000+ users affected
https://blog.pradeo.com/pradeo-identifies-app-joker-malware-google-play

Pradeo

New malware detected on Google Play, 100.000+ users affected

Joker is a malware that silently exfiltrates data and subscribes users to unwanted premium subscription. The malware was found in 24 apps on Google Play.

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