Spyware deployed in state-sponsored attacks against India and Pakistan
Security researchers have detected a state-sponsored spyware campaign that’s leveraging the Ehdoor backdoor to target entities in India and Pakistan.
David Bisson reports.
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Android Spyware Linked to Chinese SDK Forces Google to Boot 500 Apps
More than 500 Android mobile apps have been removed from Google Play after it was discovered that an embedded advertising SDK called Igenix could be leveraged to quietly install spyware on devices.
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Android Spyware Linked to Chinese SDK Forces Google to Boot 500 Apps – Threatpost
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Android Spyware Linked to Chinese SDK Forces Google to Boot 500 Apps
Threatpost Researchers at mobile security company Lookout said on Monday that the 500-plus Android apps with the Igexin SDK had been downloaded more than 100 million times, though not all of them were infected with spyware. Games developed for teen-agers … |
500+ Android apps found containing program that can download spyware plug-in – SC Magazine
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500+ Android apps found containing program that can download spyware plug-in
SC Magazine More than 500 mobile apps on Google Play were recently discovered containing an advertising software development kit capable of downloading malicious plug-ins that can spy on Android users' call histories, researchers from mobile security company … |