Category Archives: Android

An Evolution of Android Malware “My How You’ve Grown PJAPPS!” (Part 1)

February 17, 2012 – 3:44 pm

By Nathan Collier We’ve all seen software grow.  We watch as our favorite software adds on new features and becomes better at what it does.  Malware writers are no different, they want their software to have more features as well as steal even more information. PJApps is a good example of this. PJApps is a [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Also posted in Backdoors, Deep Knowledge, malware, Mobile security, Trojans | Comments (1)

Report: 3,325% increase in malware targeting the Android OS

February 17, 2012 – 11:36 am

By Dancho Danchev Which is the most targeted mobile operating system? According to the recently released 2011 Mobile Threats Report from our partners at Juniper Networks, that’s the Android OS. Key summary points from the report:

By ddanchev | Also posted in Keyloggers, malware, Passwords, social engineering | Leave a Comment

“Android Malware” – Thre@t Reply(video)

December 12, 2011 – 1:30 pm

By Armando Orozco Are Android phones susceptible to Trojans and other viruses just like computer? How can you make sure your phone doesn’t become infected and if it does, what can you do? Webroot mobile threat research analyst, Armando Orozco answers this question that was asked to our Webroot Threat Research team via Twitter.

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Also posted in Mobile security, Threat Research, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Reflections on mobile security

November 21, 2011 – 10:00 am

By Armando Orozco Be wary the next time you enter your passcode into your iPhone on the bus – someone could be shoulder surfing. In fact, a team of researchers from the University of North Carolina has developed a system to watch you pecking out characters on your phone, analyse the video, and produce a [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in Keyloggers, malware, Mobile security, social engineering, Threat Research | Comments (4)

‘Tis the season for mobile malware

November 18, 2011 – 11:25 am

By Armando Orozco You’ve heard of the “perfect storm”? Well, there may be one brewing in Android-land. We just wrapped up a study that revealed holiday shopping is about to go mobile—in a big way. Turns out, over two times more shoppers plan to buy gifts on their mobile device this year. Over two times [...]

By Armando Orozco | Also posted in Mobile security, Online shopping threats, social engineering | Leave a Comment

I don’t think it means what you think it means…

November 4, 2011 – 3:07 pm

Websites Hosting Android Trojans   By Armando Orozco and  Nathan Collier Rogue Android apps are making their way into alternative markets. Yes, we’ve seen some malicious apps trickle through and they can be elusive. But we’re now seeing markets that are only hosting malware. These rogues are of the premium rate SMS variety and request [...]

By Armando Orozco | Also posted in Mobile security, Uncategorized | Comments (4)

HTC acknowledges security flaw, plans update to fix

October 5, 2011 – 1:10 pm

By Armando Orozco A couple of days ago researchers for Android Police wrote about a security vulnerability in several HTC phones. The vulnerability lies with logging tools installed by HTC. These logging tools collect personal data like user accounts, email addresses, GPS info and SMS data. Having these tools logging users data is one thing [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Also posted in Mobile security | Comments (4)

Two Days in Vegas: Black Hat in Brief

August 5, 2011 – 7:04 pm

By Andrew Brandt The Black Hat briefings, held Wednesday and Thursday this week, once again brought together some of the best and brightest in the security industry to share knowledge about novel attacks and better defenses against old and new attacks. And, once again, there were some eye opening moments at the conference. Right from [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in Deep Knowledge, Enterprises, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Internet security industry, malware, Threat Research | Comments (1)

Android ‘Angry Birds’ Malware Contains Bot-like Code

June 10, 2011 – 9:05 am

By Andrew Brandt Most of yesterday, Threat Research Analyst Armando Orozco and I took a closer look at a piece of malware discovered by a university security researcher, Xuxian Jiang of North Carolina State. The malicious code, which the malware creator named Plankton, is embedded into a number of apps that were briefly posted to [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in Backdoors, Botnet activity, Downloaders, Mobile security, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research, Trojans | Comments (15)

Chinese Android Trojan Texts Premium Numbers

May 11, 2011 – 12:42 pm

By Andrew Brandt and Armando Orozco A Trojaned application that displays a cutesy image of a 2011 calendar on an Android device’s desktop comes with a nasty surprise: The app sends text messages to a premium service that charges the phone’s owner money. As first reported by the Taiwan-based AegisLab, a single developer, which went [...]

By mguthrie09 | Also posted in adware, Dialers, Mobile security, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Comments (1)
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