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Impostor Apps in the Android Market

23

Dec

2011

There seems to be a growing practice where malware authors boldly use similar package names and icons of popular apps for their malware, and then publish this malware on the official Android Market. Unsuspecting users might download this malware under the false pretense that they are getting the free/lite version of a legit app. Similar […]

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Detailed analysis of malware sample removed from android market

13

Dec

2011

Earlier yesterday, a few SMS Trojans were found in Android Market and subsequently removed from the market place. In this blog post, we will be demonstrating some of the interesting behaviours uncovered through dynamic analysis. What does it do? The objective of this Trojan is to send SMS to premium numbers. The destination number is […]

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Fake free AVG download sites

20

Oct

2011

Fake antivirus sites are a very common way to trick people into installing malware on their computers. Another technique is to repackage popular software with adware or malware, and offer them for download. AVG is a popular Antivirus vendor that offers a free version of it’s product at http://free.avg.com/. Rather than getting money by bundling […]

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