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Gaurav Shinde

Mobile Security Researcher
Android apps infected with Windows malware reemerge
Insights and Research
10 Min read

Android apps infected with Windows malware reemerge

Introduction During our regular course of tracking malicious Android apps in the wild, we came across an app available on the Google Play store that was infected with a malicious iFrame. Upon further analysis, we fou...
Malware on Google Play abusing Accessibility Service
Insights and Research
5 Min read

Malware on Google Play abusing Accessibility Service

Each day as we track mobile malware payloads, we can see our signatures triggered by various banking Trojans apps. But on August 21, one sample triggered a special alert, because it was shown to be available on Google Pl...
New Android ransomware bypasses all antivirus programs
Ransomware
4 Min read

New Android ransomware bypasses all antivirus programs

The Zscaler ThreatLabZ team has found a new variant of Android Ransomware. What makes this variant particularly scary is that it evaded all the antivirus programs tested against it at the time of writing this blog. Durin...
Nasty adware hiding in apps on Google Play Store
Insights and Research
7 Min read

Nasty adware hiding in apps on Google Play Store

In our ongoing hunt for malicious apps on Google Play Store, we have come across more than a dozen apps that we have confirmed to be aggressive adware strains, with the ability to add themselves as device administrator o...

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