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Fake Google Play Site Leads To Rogue .APK App

16

Mar

2012

The Android Market was just recently renamed to Google Play and yet there are already cybercriminals taking advantage of this. We’ve spotted newly created domains that imitate the Google Play site and contain malicious apps. The malicious URL http://{BLOCKED}ay-google.ru displays a fake Russian Google Play site. When translated to English, the text reads: ” Download […]

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Survey Scams as Cross-Platform Threats

24

Oct

2011

Tweet For some time now we’ve been reporting about Facebook scams involving surveys that ask for victims’ mobile numbers. These have become rampant, and have used many different lures like Google+ invites and free Breaking Dawn Part 2 movie tickets Another good example is a Facebook page we recently encountered, one claiming to be a […]

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Love Trap Android Malware Found in Third-Party App Stores

10

Aug

2011

We recently found Android malware that comes off as a variety of applications in a China-based 3rd party app store. The samples we were able to acquire come as a love test application, an ebook reader, and a location tracker. It is immediately noticeable that the said apps do more than they are supposed to, […]

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