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Fake Cleaning Apps in Google Play: an AutoRun Attack and More

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Feb

2013

Almost exactly one year ago, Google announced the addition of a “new layer to Android security,” a service codenamed Bouncer that was intended to provide automated scanning of the Android Market for potentially malicious software. However, as my colleague Jimmy Shah wrote in a previous blog post, Bouncer has not been enough to keep all […]

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‘Android/NotCompatible’ Looks Like Piece of PC Botnet

09

May

2012

A lot of recent attacks on Android users are attributed to fake websites of popular applications such as Cut the Rope, Instagram, Angry Birds, or Grand Theft Auto III. However, the very recently discovered malware NotCompatible uses a distribution method not previously seen in the mobile world. The malware hacks into vulnerable websites to inject […]

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DevilRobber Gets An Updated Version

16

Nov

2011

We found an updated version of Backdoor:OSX/DevilRobber, which we posted about earlier. The updated version uses the same technique as its predecessor to disguise itself as a legitimate application, though this time it calls itself PixelMator. Based on the malware’s dump.txt file, this latest backdoor is identified as Version 3 (v3). The main point of […]

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