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Introduction We recently came across a new piece of Android malware, first highlighted by NC State’s Xuxian Jiang, and began investigating the command-and-control (C&C) servers associated with the threat. The malware was discovered on a third party marketplace (not the Android Market) and is bundled with a legitimate application for configuring phone settings. Trojanized applications […]

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2011 has seen some dramatic changes in the mobile landscape, with the ever-increasing growth rates in consumer adoption of smart phones. This has not gone on without getting the attention of the criminal fraternity, which has turned its attention to mobile malware. But what remains to be seen is if this trend moves beyond the […]

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Yesterday, we stumbled across this ad from an Android-related site:Clicking this led to a malicious Android Market:Samples found here are detected as Trojan:Android/FakeNotify.A.As usual, other malicious sites are hosted on the same IP address as the malicious Android Market. One site that came to our attention claimed to unlock hidden features of the phone. This […]

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