Florence Broderick "Not today downloaders": New downloaders techniques in Google Play Downloaders are not new in Android, but lately, they are getting more and more important for attackers as a method to avoid Google Play barriers and malware detection. In...
Florence Broderick JSDialers: apps calling premium rate numbers (with new techniques) in Google Play During last year, a lot of “made in Spain” malware was found in Google Play. It was basically malware that tried to silently subscribe the victim to premium SMS numbers. From a while...
Florence Broderick Detected some "clickers" in Google Play simulating apps and games During the last days, some apps have appeared in Google Play that work like “clickers”, between them an app simulating Talking Tom (that was online for just a few...
Florence Broderick 5.500 apps potentially vulnerable to Man in the Middle attacks in Google Play It has been discovered than AppsGeyser, an app creator “with just a few clicks”, deactivates the SSL certificate validation in its apps. An attacker on the same network as...
Florence Broderick Shuabang botnet: BlackHat App Store Optimization (BlackASO) in Google Play ElevenPaths has detected malicious apps in Google Play (already removed by Google), aimed at performing Shuabang techniques, or BlackASO (Black Hat App Store Optimization). These malicious apps link fake...
ElevenPaths Telefónica WannaCry File Restorer: How can we recover information deleted by WannaCry? When cyberattacks occur in large organizations, it is crucial to remember where duplicate files are stored, as this information is also subject to infection by a malware virus or...
Florence Broderick Evil FOCA is now Open Source We are really happy to announce that Evil FOCA is now Open Source. We have received lots of comments and feedback about how you are using Evil FOCA, or how...
Florence Broderick The Turkish behind pr0nClicker, uploads badware to Google Play for the fourth time During last week, the Turkish (maybe a gang, maybe just a person) behind the pr0nClickers malware got to avoid Google Play defenses and upload again dozens of fake apps...
Florence Broderick JSDialers: apps calling premium rate numbers (with new techniques) in Google Play During last year, a lot of “made in Spain” malware was found in Google Play. It was basically malware that tried to silently subscribe the victim to premium SMS numbers. From a while...
Florence Broderick The beginning It is widely known that writing the first post is always a difficult task, but it is a compelling one. It’s the start of a new path that you...