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UPDATE. A healthy percentage of Android users targeted by mobile malware or mobile adware last year suffered a system partition infection, making the malicious files virtually undeletable. "A system partition infection entails a high level of risk for the users of infected devices, as a security solution cannot access the system directories, meaning it cannot remove the malicious files," the firm explained, in a posting on Monday.
Even Apple itself came to the anti-virus party back in 2009 when it introduced a rudimentary malware blocking tool called XProtect right into into OS X. Whether you called it malware or not, there have long been "Software actors" out there ready to go after Mac users in the same way that they've been going after Windows users for years. SophosLabs has just published a fascinating new report about an adware threat known as Bundlore that has Mac users very clearly in its sights.
As more people have been forced to work or stay at home due to the coronavirus , there's been a much greater reliance on virtual meeting software to communicate with co-workers, colleagues, friends, and family. As cybercriminals have been exploiting all aspects of COVID-19 for their own nefarious purposes, so too have they been taking advantage of virtual meeting apps to spread malware.
Government-funded, low-cost cell phones are shipping with pre-installed malware aimed at bombing users with unwanted ads, according to researchers. The UMX U686CL Android-based phone, which is made available to low-income citizens in the U.S. via the Lifeline Assistance Program for $35, uses a "Settings" app that researcher claim is actually a "Trojan dropper." According to Nathan Collier, a researcher at Malwarebytes, its function is to fetch and install other applications or malware.
Tens of adware-carrying Android applications gathered 8 million installs on Google Play before being taken down, ESET reports. read more
Fake Apps Downloaded More Than 8 Million Times, ESET Researchers SaySome 42 apps that were available in the Google Play store had been delivering adware to Android devices for about a year,...
First of all, if you have any of the below-listed apps installed on your Android device, you are advised to uninstall it immediately. Cybersecurity researchers have identified 42 apps on the...
SophosLabs has discovered 15 apps on Google Play that install without icons as a ploy to keep themselves on the user’s device.
The education sector is difficult to defend against malware because of the large number of outside devices connecting as guests on school networks, according to a Malwarebytes report.