Malware based attacks on android devices are increasing day by day, hundreds of android based malware are being sold in dark web , Anti virus firms are mostly failed in detecting them as Cyber criminals keep on changing Payload’s signature. According to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report 300+ android based…
Android malware steals money from QIWI Wallets
In the world of hacking, cyber criminals are continuously finding out vulnerabilities in devices to earn money. We all know about SMS trojan horses, as they are the source of earning money by sending out premium rated messages from hacked devices. Kaspersky experts have recently found…
Android Anti-Theft app got stolen!
Hacker breached the servers of Cerberus, an anti-theft Android app, and stole the user names and passwords of 96,564 were stolen. Recently, the Cerberus started informing its customer that they had detected a suspicious activity on three of companies servers. The hacker had stolen the user name and hashed passwords of 96,564…
‘CoinKrypt’ Malware Uses Google Android Phones to Mine Virtual Currency
Hackers are no longer behind your data. Now they are interested in your phone. Yes this is increasing becoming global phenomena where hackers are developing malware to damage your phone and earn virtual currency known as bitcoin. Phone Mining is a terms use to describe the way in which hackers…
Latest Android Crypto Exploit Allow Attacker to read WhatsApp , facebook , Instagram Chat Database
Bad programming practices , Android malware attack is to open the database backup WhatsApp chat. Boss Bosschert, a self- billed “consultant / sysadmin / business , ” that is used by WhatsApp messages stored locally on the local access database file system as any other Android, read by the application…
Android bug that crashed Google Play can brick devices too
“A BUG THAT CRASHED GOOGLE MARKET CAN ALSO BRICK ANDROID DEVICES”. Few days ago we reported, there was a wide spread hue and cry over Google Playstore crash. Actually, it was a result of the quasi-DDoS attack mounted on the PlayStore by Ibrahim Balic, a London based security researcher. He wanted…
Best Free Antivirus Protection Android Phones and Tablets
With the internet the risk for a virus corrupting your files can be high, even if you are extremely careful. This means that antivirus is the best protection you can offer your computer, and it is a smart choice to make. However, it may not be quite as well-known that your…
Secret Service to buy Samsung KNOX operating systems for Android smart phones
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HALF OF ANDROID — USERS DON’T — USE ANY SECURITY SOFTWARE
About 40% of smartphone and 42% of tablet owners have installed security applications. Over half of the Android-based smartphone and tablet owners don’t use any security software to protect their devices against cyber-threats, according to a survey conducted by B2B International and Kaspersky Lab. The survey revealed that…
ANDROID MALWARE FRAUD ‘RAMPANT’
Android malware is continuing to cause problems for end users with huge amounts of fraud going on, even if we haven’t seen massive outbreaks similar to those affecting PCs, security experts warned today. Of all Android malware seen in the first half of 2013, 77 percent was profit-motivated, according to F-Secure’s Threat…