Posts Tagged ‘Malware’
Scientists have identified the first malware that was built specifically to attack vulnerabilities in the Android OS 2.3 or Gingerbread.
The researchers found the malware inside an official application that is downloaded via the Chinese site.
Previously, some threats have been found for Android, such as DroidDream and DroidDream Light, who attacked the Android version of the old but still could not attack the Android 2.3.
Xuxian Jiang, an assistant professor of computer science at North Carolina State University, along with his team working in NetQin Mobile Security found a malware that is capable of attacking Android 2.3. Jiang himself gave the name of the malware as ‘GingerMaster’.
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Cyber ??activist on behalf of animal movement to spread malicious programs that infiltrate in other applications.
Applications are being protested is Dog Wars, featuring dog fights.
Malicious applications are created using the trojan code that will infiltrate and run on the Android device being victimized. This malicious application is very similar to the Dog Wars Beta version and can be found at various sites pirated application providers.
Evil version of this application is not available at the official Google Android Market.
Malicious program, dubbed Android Dog Wars contains the code named ‘Dogbite’. When executed, a process called ‘Rabies’ victim will be active in the mobile phone.
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A security flaw was found again in Apple’s product. This gap makes hackers are able to spend a laptop battery, infecting them with malware and also can cause the battery to overheat.
The vulnerability discovered by security researcher named Charlie Miller. Miller says that will be able to manipulate the chip is inserted into the battery Apple. This chip can monitor and regulate temperature and battery charging level even though the computer is off.
These chips can be controlled by a hacker through a password that is found Miller on the site creator is the Texas Instrument chip. Apple never change their password so the hackers can launch the action. The discovery was found by Miller after he examined a number series of Macbook is Macbook Pro and Macbook Air.
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Services Voice Internet Protocol (VoIP), Skype, if their applications on the Android’s security impaired. But Skype say they are working to protect users of Android from critical security vulnerabilities.
This has become a serious concern, install a third-party applications to your android is very dangerous so it can access the Skype files are stored locally for Android. These files include stealing information and instant messaging. However, we maintain your privacy very seriously and work quickly to protect you from these vulnerabilities, including securing the file permissions on the application Skype to Android.
Developer Android “Justin Case” recently identified vulnerabilities can be exploited to disclose the name, phone number and chat logs.
In the Skype data directory is a folder with the same name as your Skype username, and this is where Skype store your contacts, your profile, instant message logs, and much more in a number of sqlite3 database, Read the rest of this entry »
Along with the increasing sales of smart phones, is directly proportional to the increase of malware that attack it. Even the increase continues to occur in recent time.
Security company Kaspersky noted, at least 514 families and 107 variants of mobile malware detected in August 2009. At the end of 2010 (14 months later), that number jumped to 1,000 and 153 family variant, or an increase of 94 percent and 44 percent respectively.
On the whole, ‘universe’ is dominated by SMS mobile malware Trojans, which an application code to send SMS to short number-based fee.
Given that the number of malicious code was developed with the aim to attack the banking side, SMS Trojan exploiting vulnerabilities in mobile complex. In addition, other models of malware that joins began attacking the IOS, which so far has a strong defense.
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