Unit 42
Hidden Devil in the Development Life Cycle: Google Play Apps Infected with ...
Unit 42 uncovers 145 malicious Google Play apps. Get the full report.
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Android Toast Overlay Attack: “Cloak and Dagger” with No Permissions
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers have uncovered a high severity vulnerability in the Android overlay system, which allows a new Android overlay attack by using the “Toast type” overlay.
Unit 42
SpyDealer: Android Trojan Spying on More Than 40 Apps
Palo Alto Networks researchers discovered an advanced Android malware we’ve named “SpyDealer” which exfiltrates private data from more than 40 apps and steals sensitive messages from communication apps by abusing the Android accessibility service feature
Unit 42
A New Trend in Android Adware: Abusing Android Plugin Frameworks
Unit 42 researchers uncover aggressive adware abusing third-party DroidPlugin framework on Android.
Financial Services, Malware, Threat Prevention, Unit 42
New Android Trojan “Xbot” Phishes Credit Cards and Bank Accounts, Encrypts ...
We recently discovered 22 Android apps that belong to a new Trojan family we’re calling “Xbot”. This Trojan, which is still under development and regularly updated, is already capable of multiple malicious …
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Parasites Android Malware Discovered by WildFire
On July 16, 2013, Palo Alto Networks WildFire detected a new kind of Android malware that we have named Parasites. We will use this post to provide some technical details around this …
Malware, Mobility, Threat Advisory/Analysis, Uncategorized
Dplug Android malware discovered by WildFire
In July 2013, WildFire detected a new kind of Android Package File (APK) malware named Dplug. This malware poses as a system tool app for memory cleaning. Dplug uses SMS to hijack …
Unit 42
Hidden Devil in the Development Life Cycle: Google Play Apps Infected with ...
Unit 42 uncovers 145 malicious Google Play apps. Get the full report.
Unit 42
Android Toast Overlay Attack: “Cloak and Dagger” with No Permissions
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers have uncovered a high severity vulnerability in the Android overlay system, which allows a new Android overlay attack by using the “Toast type” overlay.
Unit 42
SpyDealer: Android Trojan Spying on More Than 40 Apps
Palo Alto Networks researchers discovered an advanced Android malware we’ve named “SpyDealer” which exfiltrates private data from more than 40 apps and steals sensitive messages from communication apps by abusing the Android accessibility service feature