A new malicious Android remote access tool (RAT) dubbed BRATA was observed by Kaspersky researchers while spreading via WhatsApp and SMS messages to infect and spy on Brazilian users. The new RAT was ...

Sophos researchers found a new variant of PJobRAT Android RAT now targets Taiwanese users The RAT can run shell commands and exfiltrate data PJobRAT, an Android Remote Access Trojan (RAT) which ...

An NFC relay attack is when criminals use two devices to trick a payment terminal into thinking a real card or phone is ...

Malware is one of those things that you do not mess with, especially if you want to keep your information private. Given our best efforts, there may come a point in time where you end up having to ...

Remote Access Toolkits, more commonly called RAT malware, provide hackers with access to compromised systems, and in the case of Dendroid, to one's Android mobile. In addition to providing a variety ...

Camouflage and exfiltration: a good combination of the two augurs well for malware variants. To that end, a new Android remote access Trojan (RAT) has been discovered that makes good use of a proven ...

The APT36 hacking group, aka 'Transparent Tribe,' has been observed using at least three Android apps that mimic YouTube to infect devices with their signature remote ...

ESET researchers have investigated a targeted mobile espionage campaign against the Kurdish ethnic group. This campaign has been active since at least March 2020, distributing (via dedicated Facebook ...

Political journalism and comics. Philadelphia. 10 years in the game. Malware has proven to a blessedly small but still persistent-as-a-mosquito problem on Android. Hackers frequently target known weak ...

Security researchers have discovered an Android remote access Trojan (RAT) that is targeting specific rooted mobile devices in China and Japan. The RAT appears to be designed as a spy tool with the ...