Android
Hackers Turn Low-Cost Android Phones Into Hidden Proxy Botnets Through Preinstalled Malware
Midnight Mimosa, a widespread Android malware campaign, is turning inexpensive smartphones into advertising fraud engines and potential residential proxy nodes by embedding malicious apps in device firmware before purchase....
Android
New GhostBat Android Malware Targets 60 Banking and UPI Apps to Steal PINs
A new GhostBat RAT variant targets 60 Android financial application packages used in India, combining accessibility-based PIN capture with a transparent overlay that intercepts...
Android
Android Malware Exposes Its Own Operators While Hijacking Phones and Stealing Sensitive Data
An Android remote-access Trojan, YuanKong, whose weakly protected dropper reveals more than its hidden payload: it exposes the operator account identifiers embedded in each...
Android
Android Firmware Malware Uses Ad Fraud and Proxy Botnets to Generate Revenue
Midnight Mimosa, an Android malware campaign embedded in firmware that monetizes compromised smartphones through advertising fraud and residential proxy services.
Disclosed on October 8,...
Android
Android 17 Advanced Protection Adds Intrusion Logging, USB Security and Brute-Force Defense
Google has expanded Android Advanced Protection with six security enhancements targeting spyware investigations, malicious USB connections, accessibility abuse, browser exploits, and repeated authentication failures....
Android
Android Malware Turns Gemini AI Into an Assistant for On-Device Attacks
A newly documented Android banking trojan named RATHat is demonstrating how generative AI can be operationalized inside mobile malware.
The threat uses Google Gemini...
Android
GitHub AI Agent Uncovers 24 Android App Vulnerabilities
GitHub Security Lab has disclosed 24 vulnerabilities in Android applications discovered through its open-source AI security agent and specialized audit taskflows.
The findings highlight...
Android
RemControl Android Malware Targets 30+ Banking Apps to Steal PINs and Credentials
A newly uncovered Android banking trojan dubbed RemControl is targeting customers of more than 30 financial institutions across Europe, the Middle East, and Canada....
Android
Fake TV Streaming Ads Deliver StreamRat Malware for Remote Android Device Hijacking
StreamRat, a newly identified Android banking trojan distributed through deceptive Meta and TikTok advertisements impersonating a free television-streaming service.
The campaign, tracked as “Steamtv...
Android
AI-Powered RatHat Android Trojan Steals Bank Credentials, PINs and MFA Codes
Researchers have identified a new Android banking Trojan called RatHat that utilizes artificial intelligence to automate device compromise and steal financial credentials, PINs, and...
Android
RatHat Abuses Android Wireless Debugging to Gain Shell Access and Steal Banking PINs
RatHat, a newly identified Android banking malware family that combines Accessibility abuse, local Android Debug Bridge (ADB) pairing, native shell-level components, and generative-AI-assisted interface...