Malware in fake Fortnite Android apps is already spreading

Malicious websites offering Android versions of Fortnite downloads have been discovered already, just days after the game was officially launched as a beta outside of the Google Play Store. Developer Epic Games had already announced the game would not be available through Google Play, in a move that avoids it having to pay Google’s 30% cut on all purchases made, and instead provides the game as a download through its own website. In a Wired report, the publication found seven websites advertising Fortnite for Android, all of which were then identified to carry malware by security experts Lockout. Upon investigation, the most common malware fools downloaders into visiting websites loaded with ads, on the promise of a code or opportunity...

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Is Coin Miner draining your Android device?

The TrendLabs Security Intelligence Blog has identified the Coin Miner mobile malware back in the Google Play store. The malware takes over a device and uses its resources to mine a selection of different cryptocurrencies. Users will often not realise what is going all. What they will see is poor battery life and degraded performance. The apps are using several techniques to bypass security. The blog states: “These apps used dynamic JavaScript loading and native code injection to avoid detection. We detect these apps as ANDROIDOS_JSMINER and ANDROIDOS_CPUMINER.” What apps were used by Coin Miner? This attack is a change to the way coin mining solutions take control of machines. As the report states: “We’ve previously seen tech...

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