Security News

Popular Android games unmasked as phishing tools (Help Net Security)
2015-07-09 15:04

ESET researchers have discovered a new, ingenious, yet very simple Facebook phishing scheme: playable Android games that, before they are started, ask users to enter their Facebook credentials. T...

Bug in Android ADB Backup System Can Allow Injection of Malicious Apps (Threatpost)
2015-07-09 13:16

There’s a severe vulnerability in the way that all versions of Android handle the restoration of backups that can allow an attacker to inject a malicious APK file into the backup archive. The bug...

Gunpoder Android Malware Hides Malicious Behaviors in Adware (Threatpost)
2015-07-07 18:13

The Gunpoder Android malware has co-opted a Nintendo NES game emulator and hides inside the Airpush ad library, researchers at Palo Alto Networks said.