An Android trojan that started out as an open-source project has been updated to allow hackers to gain access to virtually all data on infected devices. Silent installation, shell command execution ...

Symantec’s Andrea Lelli noted that since November 2012, underground forums have been offering a free Android RAT known as AndroRAT. Like other RATs, it allows a remote attacker to control the infected ...

AndroRAT, a piece of Android malware that gives a hacker total control of your phone, can be hidden in any app with just a few clicks. But now it's free, and it's spreading. Since my start in 2008, ...

It was a December to remember, on the malware front: The risk of malware infection grew by 17% in the month, as the number of active malware families increased by 25%. That’s the word from analysis by ...

A hacker who manages to plant a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) on your Android phone gets total control of the device. Using the new Androrat APK Binder, even a total newbie hacker can Trojanize a valid ...

The malware was originally a university project – meant to be an open-source application that provided remote control of an Android system REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration A new variant of an Android ...

Several recent developments in mobile malware are conspiring to raise the threat level for Android users, making it easier for attackers to convert legitimate applications into malicious apps and to ...

Security researchers have long maintained that malware is a problem on Android, the Google operating system that's on 80% of the world's smartphones. In extreme cases, hackers with malicious intent ...

Remote access tools have long been a major part of targeted hacker attacks on individuals and corporate networks. RATs have been used for everything from hacking the e-mail boxes of New York Times ...

Back in July, we told you about AndroRAT—a remote access Trojan for Android devices that let hackers remotely control every aspect of your phone or tablet. Coupled with another piece of software ...