Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Sellaring

RESEARCH:



MD5:

  • 2F20F23F21751E4F3C2FC640C7801116
  • E2AF3C3A05F2E23DB2913091CCAEEAEC
  • D1C250F9D452C8FBAF4E5885451BBE00
  • 48176B640FCF0EA21A3F3D5DAACA9318


VIRUS TOTAL:



CAPTURED SAMPLES:



MY OPINION:

  • While they only currently play one add a day at current time, the potential for this to be annoying is huge.  They only way to get more advertisers or developers is to play more ads, so look for them to either disappear or open it up in the future to every call.
MORE RESEARCH:

Monday, October 29, 2012

Airpush Adware.

RESEARCH: http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/how-mobile-ads-abuse-permissions/

MD5: ccc7c75311a5b5738d375374c02b4151

VIRUS TOTAL: https://www.virustotal.com/file/577969bafcac59d27a322d16d670cf35ac5869049a8adebdb208eb8743a22d10/analysis/1351528638/

CAPTURED SAMPLES: http://www.fileden.com/files/2012/10/26/3360856/FLV_Player.zip

MY OPINION:
This type of Ad-Ware is known as AirPush. It can be highly annoying as it adds desktop shortcuts of advertising and pushing ad notifications to your phone even when not-in-use. More research About Airpush and other samples can be found:





Thursday, October 25, 2012

Antivirus Solutions

Current comprehensive list of Anti Virus solutions for your Android Device:

Top 10 in detection Ratios:
1: TrustGo Mobile Security *BEST CHOICE*
5: Commtouch (Corporate Only - Not on the Play Market)
6: Trend Micro Mobile Security (30-Day Trial for Premium - Free Available)
7: ESET Mobile Security (30-Day Trial Only - No Free Versions)
8: Qihoo 360 (Chinese Only)

All the others (in order of detection rates):
AhnLab V3 Mobile 2.0 (No Free Versions -  Only part of a Bundle) *BEST PREFORMANCE*
Tencent QQSecurity
Quick Heal Mobile Security (30-Day Trial Only - No Free Versions)
F-Secure Mobile Security (No Free Versions - Not on the Play Market)
Vipre Mobile Security  *BEST SUPPORT*
McAfee Mobile Security (7-Day Trial Only - No Free Versions)
BullGuard Mobile Security (No Free Versions)

Research:
All testing information can be obtained from http://www.av-test.org.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Welcome

Welcome to the Android Malware Dump.  Soon we will have links and research of current and past Android Malware, as well as downloadable samples.  In the mean time feel free to send me any potential research or samples to emailmyblog@ymail.com. Please Note: I DO NOT respond to emails, however if you want to stay anonymous or you want credit for sending the research just say so and I'll post it.  The comment boxes will always be open as well.