Foreword Welcome to the Avast Q4’21 Threat Report! Just like the rest of last year, Q4 was packed with many surprises and plot twists in the threat landscape. Let me highlight some of them. We all learned how much impact a small library for logging can have. Indeed, I’m referring to the Log4j Java...
Latest Avast Q3’21 Threat Report reveals elevated risk for ransomware and RAT attacks, rootkits and exploit kits return. Let us share with you more details about emerging threats...
Firebase is Google’s mobile and web app development platform. Developers can use Firebase to facilitate developing mobile and web apps, especially for the Android mobile platform. At the end of July 2021 we did research into open Firebase instances. In that research, we found about 180,300 Firebase...
I recently discovered a large campaign of HiddenAds on the Google Play Store, spreading via gaming apps. The initial discovery was made through an apklab.io automated detection that was based on similar features of a previous HiddenAds campaign that was present on the Play Store. Upon further...
Cheap GPS trackers can come handy in every situation, for your car, relatives, kids. But it turns out that many of them share the same flaws. Unsecured communications, default passwords and cloud environment that is far from secure.
Our mobile threat intelligence platform flagged three beauty apps that have ugly consequences. Over 2 million devices have downloaded these apps. In February 2019, Avast’s mobile threat intelligence platform (MTIP), apklab.io, discovered a number of “selfie beauty apps” on the Google...
Fake CCleaner app loaded with adware Recently, Avast has discovered that a new fake mobile CCleaner app has been published in the China Baidu App Store (百度手机助手) and it’s specified as Certified Official Version (官方版). This caught our eye because Avast hasn’t published any official versions...
The program developer has issued a fix, and users should update immediately. Recently, an interesting vulnerability was discovered by French security researcher, Elliot Alderson, in the Android app ES File Explorer (version 4.1.9.7.4 and below). ES File Explorer is a file manager...
Avast stays several paces ahead of cybercriminals with apklab.io. At Avast, we firmly believe that everyone deserves a safe and secure online experience. That’s why we dedicate every day to understanding and defeating the bad actors who spread threats, violate privacy, and take advantage of...