Tag: adware

  • Pre-Installed Malware Found On 5 Million Popular Android Phones

    Security researchers have discovered a massive continuously growing malware campaign that has already infected nearly 5 million mobile devices worldwide. Dubbed RottenSys, the malware that disguised as a ‘System Wi-Fi service’ app came pre-installed on millions of brand new smartphones manufactured by Honor, Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, Vivo, Samsung and GIONEE—added somewhere along the supply chain. […]

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  • Hackers Hijack Chrome Extension to Push Malware

    Recently an extension for Google Chrome has been hacked, after compromising the Chrome Web Store account of a German developer team from a9t9 GmbH, and abused it to distribute spam messages to unsuspecting users. Named Copyfish, the extension allows users to extract text from images, PDF documents and video, and has more than 37,500 users. […]

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