Android banking apps face trojan app threat
Researchers at security company FireEye identified Android trojan apps designed to “imitate the legitimate apps of 33 financial management institutions and service providers” in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
‘Great Firewall’ encourages unofficial downloads, spawns XcodeGhost
Less than stringent security procedures at some tech firms in China and a complex developer support program …
Apple blocks malware targeting iOS users in China
Apple has blocked a new family of malicious software from a download site in China …
Ransomware strains target Android devices
A mobile strain of ‘ransomware’ targeting Android users has infected almost one million devices in …
BadNews for Android as fake ad network targets Google Play
Mobile security firm Lookout uncovered new Android malware, posing as an “innocent, if somewhat agressive” ad network. …
Money-stealing Android malware dominating in Europe & US
Android malware with the ability to steal users’ money is the most common type of …
Study: Google app verification failing to deliver
Only 15.32 percent of apps containing malware were detected by Google’s recently announced on-device app …
Kaspersky: Android malware a trend of 2012
Security company Kaspersky Lab identified the “continued rapid growth of Android malware” as one of …
Google Play malware posing as security app update
Security firm TrustGo said it had discovered a “new and dangerous virus” in the Google …
Report: Malware scanning coming to Google Play
Google is developing malware scanner technology for Google Play according to a teardown of a new Android application package file.
