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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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BRATA Android Trojan Returns with Fury

Marking its most aggressive comeback to the Android ecosystem since its discovery in 2019, the BRATA Android malware has targeted global victims and their banking applications with new tricks up its sleeve. First discovered targeting Brazilian Android users in 2019 by Kaspersky, the remote access trojan (RAT) has been updated, [...]
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