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Android Fake AV Hosted in Google Code Targets South Koreans

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Aug

2013

During the last two years we have observed the accelerated discovery of Android malware by the security industry. Malware authors today often create and distribute fake “antimalware” apps that simulate the scan of files on a device. These fake apps report fake threats (and sometimes make the device unusable). The goal is to get victims […]

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Trend Micro Solutions for PE_EXPIRO

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Jul

2013

As July winds down, infection counts for PE_EXPIRO have been trending downwards recently. This file infector can infect Windows files on both 32-bit (detected as PE_EXPIRO.JX) and 64-bit (detected as PE64_EXPIRO.JX) systems. At its peak, we saw thousands of infection counts but then dropped eventually (as seen in our Smart Protection Network feedback). Because of […]

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Bitdefender sports new feature in wake of Obad trojan

25

Jun

2013

Bitdefender has introduced a new feature in its mobile security offering, following the discovery of the Obad trojan, which takes device admin privileges but afterwards won’t let go. Obad has been called the most complex Android trojan to date and, indeed, according to Bitdefender researchers even discovering how it works was a bit of a […]

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