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MantaxOtax Android malware combines ransomware with extensive spyware capabilities

The Gigabud banking trojan now installs a second Android app that creates a work profile on an infected phone and drops a tampered banking app inside it, security firm Group-IB said in a report published on September 9. A work profile is a separate space that Android typically reserves for employer apps, and what's inside it is kept separate from everything in the personal space. That

The security updates resolve critical flaws across Android’s Framework, System, and Kernel components.

The hacking tool, built using a combination of AI models, is effective against Android and iOS devices

Gigabud clones banking apps into a work profile to break the link between malware alerts and fraud

Researchers at the security firm Calif have built a worm that takes over a WeChat account via an incoming call and demonstrated it spreading among three test phones. The person being called does not have to answer or touch their phone for it to work, but the caller must already be one of their WeChat contacts. Calif reported the flaw to Tencent in July and says the company has since

THost9 hides its payload and uses ADB to spread across exposed Android devices and containers

Social media ads for a free streaming service exposed roughly 570,000 people to StreamRat, a banking Trojan that can take control of infected phones.

Threat actors behind a notorious click-fraud botnet have set their sights on vehicle infotainment modules and are abusing legitimate functionality to spread infections.

The latest version of the Android malware has new features that expand its global reach and put more than users' financial applications at risk.