Tag Archives | android malware

Androguard – Reverse Engineering & Malware Analysis For Android

Last updated: November 19, 2016 | 5,014 views

Androguard is a toolkit built in Python which provides reverse engineering and malware analysis for Android. It’s buyilt to examine * Dex/Odex (Dalvik virtual machine) (.dex) (disassemble, decompilation), * APK (Android application) (.apk), * Android’s binary xml (.xml) and * Android Resources (.arsc). Androguard is available for Linux/OSX/Windows (Python powered). Features Map and manipulate DEX/ODEX/APK/AXML/ARSC […]

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Topic: Forensics, Malware

Android Devices Phoning Home To China

Last updated: November 17, 2016 | 1,219 views

So unsurprisingly a security researcher found some cheap Android devices phoning home to China when buying a phone to travel with. One of the phones seems to be Blu R1 HD, which is ‘Currently unavailable’ on Amazon.com and customers that bought it have received security update e-mails. Security researchers have uncovered a secret backdoor in […]

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Topic: Malware, Privacy

CuckooDroid – Automated Android Malware Analysis

Last updated: August 9, 2016 | 3,635 views

CuckooDroid is an extension of Cuckoo Sandbox the Open Source software for automating analysis of suspicious files, for Android malware analysis. CuckooDroid brings to Cuckoo the capabilities of execution and analysis of android applications. CuckooDroid provides both static and dynamic APK inspection as well as evading certain VM-detection techniques, encryption key extraction, SSL inspection, API […]

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Topic: Forensics, Malware

Android Malware Giving Phones a Hummer

Last updated: July 7, 2016 | 1,869 views

So Android Malware has always been quite a problem, especially with it being so easy to install random .apk files and the proliferation of 3rd party app stores. Also so many people with rooted phones and the fact that software installed can root your phone and take complete control. The current worry is the Hummer […]

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Topic: Malware

Google Leaves Android Users Vulnerable To WebView Exploit

Last updated: September 9, 2015 | 2,224 views

So it seems the Google corporate motto/slogan “Don’t be evil” is falling down again, Google is adopting a very Microsoft-esque approach and orphaning users of older version of Android (basically anything before the current production version 4.4 AKA Kit Kat). Which is the majority of Android users right now, especially those using lower end devices […]

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Topic: Exploits/Vulnerabilities

Sophos Offers Free Android Antivirus App

Last updated: September 9, 2015 | 1,251 views

Sophos seems to be a lot more aggressive recently when it comes to the consumer market, they used to be a hardcore enterprise only solution when they first started out. I guess they’ve realized where the money is. Back in 2010 they one of the first to come out with a free Antivirus solution for […]

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Topic: Countermeasures, Malware, Security Software