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Android Malware Up 64% From Last Quarter; Profit-Motivated Mobile Malware at an All-Time Peak

safeandsavvy.f-secure.com

by Jason

August 7, 2012

F-Secure Labs quarterly Mobile Malware Report paints a picture of a mobile malware scene that is maturely rapidly.

Most mobile malicious software comes from third-party or unofficial markets. This quarter, 19 new families The 5033 malware samples analyzed by the labs between April 27 and June 27 of this year included the first ever mobile malware in the wild that used the highly effective drive-by download method. If an Android device was configured to allow installations by unknown sources, this malware-called Trojan-Proxy:Android/NotCompatible.A-downloads and waits to be installed. If the user is tricked into installing the file by the software's name, which includes "update," "security" or both, the device becomes part of a bot network...

Android Permissions: For Apps or Ads?

F-Secure Weblog

by Threatsolutions

January 10, 2012

An Android application package (APK) can include multiple modules; one or more of these modules may be an advertisement SDK.

So what happens if the app is clean, but the ad module is fishy? When the user accepts and grants permission for the main app to install (assuming they really understood or care about the permissions requested), the user is also by extension allowing the ad modules to use those same permissions. Sometimes, the permissions are only used by the ad module, not the main application.

Android Trojan Alert

F-Secure Weblog

by Response

March 2, 2011

Recent reports on trojanized applications being found on the official Android Market just came to our attention.

The malicious applications were uploaded using various developer names. A full listing of the applications involved appears here. According to the androidpolice.com report, on checking out one of the malicious applications, it contains a known exploit "rageagainstthecage" for gaining root access. This exploit is known to work on Android 2.2 and below.

Angry birds scam emails catapult into inboxes worldwide

Commtouch Cafe

by Avi Turiel

December 29, 2011

What did we do before Angry Birds? (Halo, Tetris and Rubik's cube I guess).

Angry Birds has become the benchmark by which any serious operating system is now judged ("no it doesn't support email but Angry Birds will work on it"). This sort of popularity is guaranteed to make anything a useful vehicle for spam, scams, malware distribution, and of course marketing affiliates. And so we encounter the "Angry Birds Survey" which arrives with minimal text and a linked image that presents the question: Kamikaze Killers or Swine Snipers? Er... I just don't know.

Angry Birds Trojan

f-secure.com

by Mikko

November 13, 2010

Angry Birds is the top-selling mobile game at the moment. Available for Apple, Nokia and Android devices, the game has been downloaded millions of times. An application called Angry Birds Bonus Levels was uploaded to Android Marketplace earlier this week.

Announcing New Security Categories

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by Vinny Lariza

August 8, 2013

We always want to ensure that we are providing the best security protection from malicious activity for our customers at all times. This is why, after careful discussion and research, we've added Mobile Threats, Drive-By Downloads/Exploits, High Risk Sites and Dynamic DNS categories to the security categories repertoire.

Anonymous "day of action" hacking returns

Hot Air

by Jazz Shaw

February 4, 2012

The hacker group Anonymous is back at it again, raising online mayhem with government and law enforcement websites in what they referred to as a "day of action" on Friday.

In one of the more embarrassing incidents, the FBI was on a phone call with Scotland Yard, discussing ways to combat the group. Anonymous responded by publishing a recording of the call.

Anonymous 'Spokesperson' to Spend Year in Jail without Trial | Spread Liberty News

spreadlibertynews.com

March 8, 2013

The federal trial against alleged computer criminal Barrett Brown has been delayed by six months. Now the activist once called the "spokesperson" of the Anonymous hacker movement will wait in prison for one full year before being tried.

Brown, 31, was scheduled to stand trial later this month for a slew of charges that have handed down in three separate indictments filed by the government since last September. Per the request of his attorneys, however, legal proceedings have been pushed back for six months, delaying the trial until September 2013.

Anonymous Anonymous Claims Anonymous is Not Anonymous

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

December 27, 2011

You've probably heard about the stratfor.com hack by now. Anonymous claimed responsibility. Then Anonymous denied being responsible.

But then today, "Anonymous" claimed that the earlier anonymously posted pastebin post wasn't Anonymous, but was really Stratfor employees claiming to be Anonymous.

Anonymous Attacks FBI, Entertainment Sites After Megaupload Takedown

thewhir.com

by Nicole Henderson

January 20, 2012

After federal officials brought down the file-sharing website Megaupload and charged several individuals allegedly responsible for online piracy generating more than $175 million, Anonymous attacked several entertainment and gov't websites on Thursday.

According to a report by the Washington Post, Anonymous used DDoS attacks to crash the Justice Department and Universal Music website, as well as the main page of the FBI website. The Universal Music website was still down as of Friday morning, as was the Broadcast Music Inc. site.

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