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7 Reasons why you need Quick Heal to combat Financial Frauds

January 13, 2024 admin #financialfraud, Android malware, Banking fraud, Bot removal tool, Cyber Security, digital privacy, malware, Quick Heal, safe banking tips, seqrite, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Quickheal| Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 07:10:20 +0000

Earlier this year, The Hindu reported that 9% of Indian families claim to be victims of online financial…

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Independent Krebs

How Malicious Android Apps Slip Into Disguise

August 3, 2023 admin A Little Sunshine, aleksandr eremin, anatsa, Android malware, Ars Technica, Google Play, The Coming Storm, threatfabric, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:22:55 +0000

Researchers say mobile malware purveyors have been abusing a bug in the Google Android platform that lets them sneak malicious code into benign mobile apps and evade security scanning tools. Google says it has updated its app malware detection mechanisms in response to the new research.

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Beware: SOVA Android Banking Trojan emerges more powerful with new capabilities

October 6, 2022 admin Android, Android banking Trojan, Android malware, Banking fraud, banking Trojan, cyberawareness, cybercrime, cybersecurity, fraud detection, malware, quickheal, sova trojan, sovamalware, Trojan, trojan app

Credit to Author: Digvijay Mane| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:34:49 +0000

SOVA is an Android banking Trojan with significant capabilities like credential theft, capturing keystrokes, taking screenshots, etc.,…

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Duo of Android dropper and payload target certain countries and app users

February 2, 2022 admin "2fa authenticator", Android, android dropper, Android malware, brata, brunhilda, c2, command & control, google play store, ngrok, pradeo, project brunhilda, threatfabric, virtual network computing, vnc, vultur

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:32:37 +0000

A yet unnamed Android malware is spotted in Google’s Play Store. After profiling its target, it drops Vultur, a newish RAT.

Categories: Android

Tags: "2FA Authenticator"Android dropper android malware BRATA Brunhilda C2 command & control Google Play Store ngrok Pradeo Project Brunhilda ThreatFabric virtual network computing vnc vultur

MalwareBytes Security

Android malware BRATA can wipe devices

February 2, 2022 admin Android, Android banking Trojan, Android malware, android rat, brata, brazilian remote access tool android, cleafy, gps tracking, keylogging, persistent c2 communication, phishing, smishing, vnc

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:23:04 +0000

The BRATA Android RAT has some alarming new capabilities.

Categories: Android

Tags: Android banking Trojan android malware android rat BRATA Brazilian Remote Access Tool Android Cleafy GPS tracking keylogging persistent C2 communication phishing smishing vnc

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MalwareBytes Security

Android Trojan xHelper uses persistent re-infection tactics: here’s how to remove

February 12, 2020 admin Android, Android malware, Android/Trojan.Dropper.xHelper, mobile malware, xHelper

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:15:59 +0000

A new variant of the Android Trojan xHelper re-infects just hours after removal—and with the help of Google PLAY?! A forum user helps us investigate.

Categories:

Android

Tags: Android android malware Android/Trojan.Dropper.xHelper mobile malware xHelper

MalwareBytes Security

Malwarebytes Labs releases 2020 State of Malware Report

February 11, 2020 admin 2020 state of malware report, Adware, Android, Android malware, Data Privacy, emotet, hacktools, iOS, Mac, MacOS, ransomware, reports, ryuk, Sodinokibi, State of Malware, state of malware report, trickbot, trojans, web threats, windows

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:01:00 +0000

The 2020 State of Malware Report reveals how cybercriminals upped the ante on businesses, Mac threats outpaced PCs, and ransomware continued its targeted, deadly assault with new families in 2019. Learn all this and more in the full report, linked in our blog.

Categories:

Reports

Tags: 2020 state of malware report adware Android android malware Data privacy emotet hacktools iOS mac macOS ransomware ryuk Sodinokibi State of Malware state of malware report trickbot Trojans web threats windows

MalwareBytes Security

United States government-funded phones come pre-installed with unremovable malware

January 9, 2020 admin Android, Android malware, android/trojan.dropper.agent.umx, android/trojan.hiddenads, China, Mobile, mobile malware, pre-installed mobile malware, pre-installed software, Trojan

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 16:00:00 +0000

A US-funded government assistance program is selling budget-friendly mobile phones that come pre-installed with unremovable malicious apps. Malwarebytes Labs investigates the malware’s origins.

Categories:

Android

Tags: android malware Android/Trojan.Dropper.Agent.UMX Android/Trojan.HiddenAds china Mobile mobile malware pre-installed mobile malware pre-installed software trojan

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