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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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