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Back in June we discovered a malicious Android application that was holding user’s Android phones for ransom. This discovery confirmed earlier predictions that ransomware would evolve and arise on new platforms, such as mobile devices.As part of our pre-emptive SMS spam domain identification, we have detected a recently-registered domain that is currently serving a new […]

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During our routine patrols of popular marketplaces offering Android applications we recently came across some suspicious applications hosted on the popular Google Play. The applications are distributed as hacking tools, utility tools, and pornographic apps by different developers. Here are images for a few of them: Suspicious applications on Google Play. These apps seem to […]

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Our mobile security research team has found at least 33 applications that contain aggressive advertising components in the official Google PlayTM store. The developers of these applications choose to imitate well-known companies like GoogleTM, MicrosoftTM, TwitterTM, AVGTM among others. Here’s an example of some applications found in Google Play: This developer is very creative – […]

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