Trojanized Android App Checks for Keywords in SMS Messages

Android malware monitoring for messages sent to an infected device from specific numbers is something that we’ve frequently seen in the past. This is typically done by malware to intercept messages from premium numbers, in order to prevent the user from suspecting a malware infection in their device. The Android malware we recently saw [...]

Cybercriminals Use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Host Malware

As our colleague Jorge Mieres over at Kaspersky recently noted, cybercriminals appear to be using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host quite a large volume of SpyEye Trojans and exploit kits. In fact, another colleague in my group, Ranieri Romera, recently collected approximately 22Mb of malware hosted on AWS for analysis and detection. My advice [...]

Cybercriminals Using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to Host Malware

As our colleague Jorge Mieres over at Kaspersky recently noted, cybercriminals appear to have been using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host quite a large volume of SpyEye Trojans and Exploit Kits. In fact, another  colleague in my group, Ranieri Romera, recently collected approximately 22Mb of malware for analysis & detection that was hosted [...]

New Android Malware on the Road: GoldDream “Catcher”

Recently, we discussed on this blog a sample of a new Trojanized Android app, and today we will discuss another one. This new Android malware is known as GoldDream, and is detected by Trend Micro as ANDROIDOS_SPYGOLD.A. The particular app that was Trojanized was a racing game called “Fast Racing.” For a game, this Trojanized [...]

Trojanized Security Tool Serves as Backdoor App

I recently posted a report about the Trojanized applications which were found in the Android Market. About fifty repackaged versions of legitimate apps were pulled from the Android Market after being found infected with AndroidOS_LOTOOR.A. AndroidOS_LOTOOR.A steals mobile device information, as well as gives unauthorized users root access to an infected device. As course of [...]