A version of the popular mobile app Facebook has been found to be infected with what we detect as Android/Trojan.Spy.FakePlay. Facebook…
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Mobile menace monday: safe practices with your mobile device
‘Tis the season for gift giving, and who wouldn’t be excited about receiving a brand new mobile device! Before you start…
Mobile Menace Monday: Adups, old and new
A newly discovered malicious app is found on China-made mobile devices running the Android OS. This is a baked-in system app…
A week in security (Nov 06 – Nov 12)
Last week, we observed that fake pharma sites are getting obnoxious, homed in on Floki Bot and its stealthy dropper, and…
Mobile Menace Monday: How dare that rootin’ Dirty COW
If you follow cybersecurity news, you may have heard of the latest Linux exploit referenced under CVE-2016-5195, which has been dubbed…
Mobile Menace Monday: beware of monitoring apps
Our CEO, Marcin Kleczynski, recently announced that Malwarebytes will get tougher on PUPs. PUPs, or potentially unwanted programs, are some of…
Mobile Menace Monday: You’ve been infected! Or have you?
In the mobile world, most of us have become accustomed to installing apps that display ads in exchange for the them…
A week in security (Sep 18 – Sep 24)
Last week, we listed 10 ways one can secure their mobile devices, issued a warning about a scam posted on our…
Mobile Menace Monday: Fake AV makes it onto Google Play
Mobile Menace Monday is a bi-monthly entry to the Malwarebytes Labs wherein our Android OS security experts highlight the specific dangers…