The popular photosharing app Instagram is the latest social networking site targeted by the ubiquitous survey scams seen on Facebook and Twitter. This time, we found that these survey scams may also lead users to download an Android malware.
I found the following accounts who wanted to 'follow' me on Instagram. This is the standard if your Instagram account is set to private. While checking these requests, the security researcher inside me noticed something off with some of the accounts. ...
App developers often include ads on their applications to increase revenue. These ads feature enticing titles or blurbs to surge more user hits. Typically, clicking these ads either prompt users to download an app or be redirected to a web page. However, cybercriminals who never run out of new ways to spread their deeds, could also use this as a venue to steal user information.
We recently spotted a fraudulent website which is pushed by ads found in multiple Android apps. ...
Last April 23 - 25, I attended the seventh Counter eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS VII) initiated by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). This year, the conference was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Security experts from Japan, Paraguay, Brazil, North America, Russia, and India flew to the South American city to discuss about the developments in the cybercrime arena. Together with 8 other participants from Japan, I arrived in Buenos Aires after a 38-hour flight. However, the talks and the level ...
Mobile malware uses the web in various ways. For one, in many cases, malicious URLs are classified as mobile malware disease vectors. We already discussed how cybercriminals utilize them to infiltrate mobile devices in last month’s Mobile Review, The Dangers of Third-Party Apps Sites.
Through malicious URLs, coupled with social engineering techniques, cybercriminals are able to slip malicious apps onto your devices. Since mobile malware attacks are often two-pronged, the involvement of malicious URLs does not stop there.
Cybercriminals not only use ...
Last week, a rather interesting complaint was filed before the Federal Trade Commission. In a 16-page complaint, the American Civil Liberties Union described the lack of updates for many Android devices as "unfair and deceptive business practices". The complaint went on to ask the respondents (the top four wireless carriers in the United States) to let customers with unpatched (and vulnerable) devices out of their contracts early.
We will note that recently the FTC settled with HTC just two months ago over ...
