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Aggressive Ad Module Scans Android Apps

10

Sep

2013

During our routine patrols of popular marketplaces offering Android applications we recently came across some suspicious applications hosted on the popular Google Play. The applications are distributed as hacking tools, utility tools, and pornographic apps by different developers. Here are images for a few of them: Suspicious applications on Google Play. These apps seem to […]

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First Malicious Use of ‘Master Key’ Android Vulnerability Discovered

24

Jul

2013

Earlier this month, we discussed the discovery of the Master Key vulnerability that allows attackers to inject malicious code into legitimate Android applications without invalidating the digital signature. We expected the vulnerability to be leveraged quickly due to ease of exploitation, and it has.Norton Mobile Insight-our system for harvesting and automatically analyzing Android applications from […]

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Linux Kernel Exploit Ported to Android

12

Jun

2013

Malware authors are notorious for quickly leveraging new exploits in the public domain for nefarious purposes. The recent discovery of a Linux Kernel CVE-2013-2094 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2013-2094) in the Performance Counters for Linux (PCL)-currently being exploited on various platforms-has now been modified to work on the Android operating system. For anyone unfamiliar with […]

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