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MazarBOT: New Android Malware Steals SMSs and Wipes Phones

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 10 years
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A new Android malware, known as MazarBOT, has been discovered in-the-wild and this dangerous sample has the capability to hijack an unsuspecting user’s smartphone. The malware gets into a victim’s phone with an SMS as follows: You have received a multimedia message from +[xx] [xxxxxxxxxx]. Follow the link hxxp://www.mmsforyou[.]Net/mms.apk to view the message.When we tried […]

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  • Sakshat Karkare / 12 years
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Google Nexus Phone Series may have Trouble from SMS Flood Attacks Reportedly, sending a large number of flash SMSs to Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, and Nexus 5 may cause these phones to reboot or interfere with their network connection. Bombarding any one of these phones with just 30 Flash Messages can cause unintended reboots and […]

Spam SMS messages on the rise: Quick Heal mobile threat detection numbers

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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In September 2012, Quick Heal launched an initiative for mobile users to forward suspicious SMS messages to a predesignated number. We received an impressive response as a lot of mobile users actively forwarded their spam messages and contributed towards this cause. The number to forward any suspicious SMS messages to is +91-86000-44733. Millions of SMS […]

The growing threat of mobile malware: Top Android malware families of 2012

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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The open-source nature of the Android platform is its biggest strength and Achilles heel at the same time. Android handsets constituted almost 72% of global smartphone sales in Q3 2012 and 1.3 million Android devices are activated worldwide every single day. This is a staggering market share that Android enjoys but this brings with it […]

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  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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Malware exploits Windows AutoRun Strains of malware that spread via the AutoRun feature that automatically launches programs when a USB drive or a disk is inserted into a machine is on the rise today. These kinds of malware exploit a certain bug in the AutoRun software so it is recommended that everyone disables this feature. […]

Forward spam and unwanted SMS texts to +91-86000-44733

  • Sanjay Katkar / 13 years
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Quick Heal Mobile Security has been protecting Android and BlackBerry users effectively. However, one of the most persistent threats to mobile devices is the abundance of spam, fraudulent, marketing and other unwanted text messages that people receive. SMS (Short Message Service) messages are the most widespread means of communication for millions of people all over […]

The Rising Threat of SMiShing reaches millions of mobile users

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 13 years
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Most of us have had to deal with rampant phishing emails at some point or the other, but the latest social engineering trick targets the device that we carry with us at all times – the mobile phone. SMiShing is an evolutionary form of phishing that uses text messages and SMS services to target people […]

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