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Schoolyard Bully Trojan Facebook Credential Stealer

Zimperium zLabs has discovered a new Android threat campaign, the Schoolyard Bully Trojan, which has been active since 2018 and has spread to over 300,000 victims and is specifically targeting Facebook credentials. To learn more about this new threat, read more on our blog.

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The Case of Cloud9 Chrome Botnet

The Zimperium zLabs team recently discovered a malicious browser extension, originally called Cloud9, which not only steals the information available during the browser session but can also install malware on a user’s device and subsequently assume control of the entire device. In this blog, we will take a deeper look into this malicious browser extension. Read more.

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We Smell A RatMilad Android Spyware

The Zimperium zLabs research team discovered spyware targeting Middle Eastern enterprise mobile devices and began monitoring the activity of a novel Android spyware family that we have since named RatMilad. Learn how Zimperium zIPS customers are protected against RatMilad spyware. Read more.

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ABCsoup: The Malicious Adware Extension with 350 Variants

What can ABCsoup do? Recently Zimperium discovered and began monitoring the growth of a wide range of malicious browser extensions with the same extension ID as that of Google Translate, deceiving users into believing that they have installed a legitimate extension. Similar to app spoofing and cloning, these malicious applications […]

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The State of Browser Extension Malware

It is time for us to change how we think about malware. No longer is it limited to one specific operating system or device type. Like with phishing attacks, malware developers have been working on malware that can impact a broader range of systems to increase the number of potential […]

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