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  • Commoditization increasingly seen in mobile malware

    Number of malicious samples and families increase, as Android remains most popular mobile platform. As the number of mobile malware samples in existence continues to grow faster than ever, the mobile threat landscape is looking more and more like that of Windows . Five years ago, a poll of visitors to this website found that…

  • Android malware served via compromised websites

    Malware downloaded automatically, but requires user permission to be installed. Researchers at mobile security company Lookout have discovered a number of compromised websites that make Android devices automatically download (but not install) a malicious application. Drive-by downloads are a common threat to PCs and Macs: they are generally served through compromised websites and use unpatched…

  • Android malware hides inside JPG image

    New LeNa variant no longer depends on rooted devices. Researchers at Lookout have discovered a new version of the ‘LeNa’ trojan for Android that does not require user interaction to gain root access to the device. A previous version of the trojan, which was detected last summer, depended on the device being rooted; a minority…

  • Zitmo trojan for Android defeats two-factor authentication

    Malware intercepts TANs sent via SMS. A new variant of the Zitmo trojan has been discovered that infects mobile devices running the Android platform and which intercepts SMS messages from banks sending mobile TAN numbers, thus potentially defeating two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication is used by many banks to prevent a customer’s online banking account being…

  • DroidKungFu command and control server may be mobile device

    Android trojan makes use of root exploit. Researchers at Fortinet have discovered a command and control server for the ‘DroidKungFu’ Android trojan that appears to be a mobile device itself. While malware for mobile devices has become more prevalent in recent months, it is believed attacks are still carried out from static computers and servers.…

  • Increase in use of mobile anti-malware protection

    Poll shows smartphone users more likely to use anti-malware protection on their phones than three years ago. In a poll of visitors to the VB website, 57% of smartphone users said they had no anti-malware protection on their phones – compared to 70% three years ago. While this is still a large number of unprotected…

  • More than 1 million Chinese phones infected with malware

    Mobile botnet sending out SMS spam. Over one million mobile phones in China have been infected with malware and are sending out SMS spam, the Shanghai Daily reports. Masquerading as an anti-virus application, the malware installs itself on users’ phones and sends SIM card information to hackers who then are able to control the phone,…

  • Yxe trojan infecting mobile phones

    Symbian software-signing slipup certifies SMS spambot. A new trojan, the first of its kind, is affecting users of the Symbian mobile operating system by spreading itself via text messages sent to all numbers in the phone’s address book. These messages contain a link, clicking on which will attempt to install an application Sexy Space ,…

  • Symbian SMS pest highlighted

    Mobile exploit attack disables messaging. A presentation at a popular hacking forum has brought much attention to a flaw in the SMS processing in some versions of the Symbian mobile operating system, in use in many mobile phones from leading manufacturer Nokia among others. The flaw can be exploited with a specially crafted SMS message,…

  • Less than 30 per cent of smartphone users have AV installed

    Experts disagree on the need for specialist mobile AV protection. In a poll only 19% of visitors to the VB website said they had anti-malware protection on their mobile phone. While 33% of respondents said they did not have a smartphone (and thus would not be susceptible to malware threats), more than 70% of smartphone…