“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 | Posted in Android, Mobile security, Threat Research, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | Leave a Comment

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 | Posted in Android, Backdoors, Botnet activity, Downloaders, Mobile security, social engineering, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research, Trojans | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 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 | Posted in adware, Android, Dialers, Mobile security, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)
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