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The Magala Trojan Clicker: A Hidden Advertising Threat

13

Jul

2017

The golden age of Trojans and viruses has long gone. Malicious programs created by enthusiasts for research purposes and for fun are now largely confined to history books and dusty computer incident reports. They have been replaced by programs that put a heavy emphasis on making money.

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Dvmap: the first Android malware with code injection

08

Jun

2017

In April 2017 we started observing new rooting malware being distributed through the Google Play Store. Unlike other rooting malware, this Trojan not only installs its modules into the system, it also injects malicious code into the system runtime libraries. Kaspersky Lab products detect it as Trojan.AndroidOS.Dvmap.a.

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Google Removes Rooting Trojan Dvmap From Play Store

08

Jun

2017

Google removed a nasty Trojan from Google Play earlier this week that could have rooted Android devices and injected malicious code into an infected device’s system library. The malware, dubbed Dvmap, was disguised as a game that had been downloaded more than 50,000 times prior to its removal, according to Roman Unuchek, a senior malware analyst with Kaspersky Lab who uncovered the Trojan.

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