Security News > 2023 > December > New Sneaky Xamalicious Android Malware Hits Over 327,000 Devices
2023-12-27 08:24
A new Android backdoor has been discovered with potent capabilities to carry out a range of malicious actions on infected devices. Dubbed Xamalicious by the McAfee Mobile Research Team, the malware is so named for the fact that it's developed using an open-source mobile app framework called Xamarin and abuses the operating system's accessibility permissions to fulfill its objectives.
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