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November's Android Security Bulletin Patches Drammer and Dirty COW Exploits
Google released today Android's Security Bulletin for the month of November, which among a total of 83 security vulnerabilities has also patched two high profile bugs identified as Drammer and Dirty COW.
- November 08, 2016
- 02:40 PM
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Over 318,000 Android Users Affected by Auto-Downloading Malvertising Attack
Crooks distributing the Svpeng Android banking trojan have discovered a flaw in how Google Chrome for Android handles file downloads and have used it to forcibly and secretly download their malicious payload on the devices of over 318,000 users in the span of three months, starting with July 2016.
- November 08, 2016
- 04:25 AM
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Android Banking Trojans Based on GM Bot Infected Over 200,000 Users in the Past 3 Months
Over the course of three months, more than 200,000 users have downloaded apps infected with an Android malware derived from the source code of the GM Bot, Czech security firm Avast reports.
- November 05, 2016
- 05:20 PM
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Gugi Trojan Guffaws at Android 6 Security Measures... and Then Bypasses Them
A mobile banking trojan called Trojan-Banker.AndroidOS.Gugi.c, or "Gugi" for short, found no problem bypassing a couple of the security measures introduced in Android 6.. Even worse, it does it through social engineering rather than exploiting vulnerabilities.
- September 06, 2016
- 02:07 PM
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Malicious Android Apps Use Obfuscation, Antiemulation Techniques to Avoid Detection
A set of malicious gaming applications for Android available on the Google Play Store employ obfuscation at multiple levels and antiemulation techniques to avoid detection. There are six malicious apps in total. They all advertise a different mod for Minecraft, the popular sandbox video game.
- August 10, 2016
- 01:00 PM
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Fake Prisma Apps Threaten 1.5M Android Users with Ads, Data Theft
Fake versions of the Prisma application for Android threaten as many as 1.5 million users with unwanted advertisements and data theft.
- August 05, 2016
- 09:00 AM
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Android Trojan Threatens 2.8 Million Users with Unwanted Ads
A new trojan potentially threatens as many as 2.8 million Android users with unwanted mobile advertisements. On 29 July, researchers at the Russian computer security firm Doctor Web published an alert about the trojan, which goes by the name "Android.Spy.305.origin".
- August 01, 2016
- 03:00 PM
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