Tag: Android Devices
New Android Malware ‘TangleBot’ Phishing Users via COVID-19 Vaccine Lures
The spread of mobile malware has become rampant in the cyberthreat landscape. More threat actor groups are leveraging mobile malware to infect handsets and...
GriftHorse Android Trojan Scam Purloins Over 10 Million Euros
Zimperium zLabs recently discovered a global scam where the threat actors posing as Trojans have hidden behind malicious Android applications and stolen millions of...
Hackers Use SSID Stripping to Trick Users Into Joining Rogue APs
With the evolution of new threat actors and their latest attack vectors, the cyberthreat landscape is larger than expected. Security experts from AirEye recently...
Google Delists Android App “Barcode Scanner”
Security research firm Malwarebytes claimed that one of its forum users reported about a malicious app “Barcode Scanner” published by LavaBird LTD, which has over...
Patch It! Google Releases Fixes For 50 Vulnerabilities in Android Operating...
Google released patches for over 50 vulnerabilities in the Android operating system with its August 2020 security updates. “Source code patches for these issues...
Ultrasonic Waves Used to Launch Surfing Attacks on Smartphones
This might be a disturbing news for those who highly rely on smart devices. A group of researchers at the Washington University discovered a...
Researchers Found New Banking Malware “Ginp”
Researchers exposed a new form of banking malware named “Ginp” targeting Android users. According to specialists from ThreatFabric, attackers use Ginp malware to steal...
