Android Malware
DawDropper Mobile Malware Delivers Banking Trojans
DawDropper is a newly discovered mobile malware threat that targets Android devices. The malware, as the name suggests, functions as a dropper. Droppers are an intermediary type of malicious tool. They sometimes do... Read more
What Does The Revive Banking Trojan Do On Your Android Device?
Revive is the name of a new banking trojan malicious application that is used to target customers of Spanish banking institutions. The malware is used for account theft and stealing login credentials. Revive is... Read more
Hydra Banking Trojan
Hydra is the name of a newly discovered strain of banking trojan malware that was distributed for a time on the Google Play Store, disguised as a "document manager" app. The Hydra trojan has now been taken down from... Read more
SMSFactory Android Trojan Racks Up Phone Bills
An ongoing malicious campaign was tracked by security researchers. The new malware campaign pushes the SMSFactory trojan that affects Android devices. The mobile malware targets victims according to geolocation,... Read more
Open-Source L3MON RAT Goes After Android Users
L3MON RAT is an open-source piece of malware that is meant to run on Android devices. The payload being publicly available means that any cybercriminal can compile and start using it to infect Android devices... Read more
Fake Antivirus Apps Used to Spread Sharkbot Mobile Malware
Sharkbot, a type of banking malware, was discovered on the Google Play Store and subsequently taken down. The malware was hiding in apps designed to look like mobile antivirus and security solutions. A group of... Read more
AIVARAT Mobile Malware
AIVARAT is the name of a newly detected strain of mobile malware. The new threat is a remote access trojan or a RAT, as the name implies. The capabilities of the new malware are considerable. AIVARAT can scrape and... Read more
BRATA Malware Keeps Evolving
BRATA is the name of a banking malware targeting Android devices. Security researchers with Cleafy have picked apart the newest versions of the malware and are seeing signs that the group behind BRATA is starting to... Read more
Exobot Android Malware
Exobot is the name of a newly discovered piece of malware that targets Android devices and exhibits features characteristic of infostealers, banking trojans, and botnets. Android malware is commonly focused on... Read more
ERMAC 2.0 Android Trojan
ERMAC 2.0 is the name of a piece of mobile malware affecting Android devices. ERMAC 2.0 is an Android banking trojan and seems to be primarily targeting European users. The malware is being sold on the dark web, at a... Read more
SMSControllo Malware Targets Android Devices in Italy
Cybercriminals have unleashed a new piece of Android Malware whose attacks are currently focused on Italian users. The threat, dubbed the SMSControllo Malware, is able to infect modern Android devices, and then work... Read more
Malicious Android Apps Clone Real Services and Apps to Steal Banking Info
The start of 2022 has been rife with news about mobile malware. In yet another case of security researchers intercepting Android-based malware, a team with ESET detected a campaign that was spoofing legitimate apps on... Read more
Is Hermit Mobile Malware On Your Android Device?
Google's Threat Analysis Group published their findings on a new campaign leveraging the Hermit mobile malware. Hermit is a piece of mobile malware with significant spying capabilities that was previously associated... Read more
MaliBot Android Malware
Security researchers have recently discovered a new banking-oriented malware that affects Android devices. The new strain is called MaliBot and is targeting customers of Spanish and Italian banks. Like most banking... Read more
BianLian Android Banking Trojan
BianLian is the name of a banking trojan malware that targets Android devices. The malware has been around for a while and has received a number of updates and upgrades to its malicious capabilities. The malware has... Read more
Predator Mobile Malware Targets Android Phones
Security researchers with Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) have recently published detailed information on a piece of mobile malware affecting Android devices. The mobile malware is named PEDATOR and was used in... Read more
Octo Banking Trojan Lurks on the Google Play Store
Cybercriminals have once again managed to penetrate the security features of the Google Play Store, and upload malicious software there. A new malware campaign has been identified, and the payload it delivers is the... Read more
Hydra Underground Web Marketplace Torn Down by Authorities
In a joint operation of the US Department of Justice and the German Federal Criminal Police Office, the popular dark web marketplace known as Hydra has been taken down and dismantled completely. Both US and German... Read more
