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Top Android malware threats - May 2019 http://skptr.me/malware_timeline_2019.html
The idea of the new system is to turn Apple’s existing network of iPhones into a massive crowdsourced location tracking system. Every active iPhone will continuously monitor for BLE beacon messages that might be coming from a lost device. When it picks up one of these signals, the participating phone tags the data with its own current GPS location; then it sends the whole package up to Apple’s servers.
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2019/06/05/how-does-apple-privately-find-your-offline-devices/amp/
Don't install these apps, they are still available on Google Play. These apps display unwanted after user unlocks device and hide from home menu.
These apps mostly impersonate Camera/Photo editor applications.
Source: https://twitter.com/LukasStefanko/status/1136568939239137280?s=19
Preinstalled backdoor - Triada - found in Android devices.

Triada infects device system images through a third-party during the production process. Sometimes OEMs want to include features that aren’t part of the Android Open Source Project, such as face unlock. The OEM might partner with a third-party that can develop the desired feature and send the whole system image to that vendor for development.
https://security.googleblog.com/2019/06/pha-family-highlights-triada.html
Anubis downloader found on Google Play with 1,000+ installs.
Info: https://twitter.com/0xabc0/status/1137988063244763136?s=19 via @0xabc0
How to get payload of obfuscated Gustuff malware using Frida & Strace
http://skptr.me/dealing_with_obfuscated_malware_like_gustuff.html
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PhoneSploit - ADB tools in one place + additional features
https://github.com/Zucccs/PhoneSploit/blob/master/README.md
Trojan downloader found on Google Play by @Maler360

-once launched, hides itself icon
-downloads additional app over HTTP
-makes user install it
-second app can then download additional apps & make user install them as "Update Alert" + display ads
-100,000+ installs
-reported

Video demo: https://twitter.com/LukasStefanko/status/1138764352411131905