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An analysis of the technologies used by cybercriminals allows us to draw conclusions about the virus industry’s possible vectors of development and more effectively confront future threats. You, too, can learn what actions various malicious programs take in infected systems and how to withstand them.
A family of commercial spyware that can stealthy track activities of mobile devices’ users. Different modifications of these programs can run on the majority of popular platforms (for example, Android, BlackBerry, and others). The malware can monitor SMS and email messages, calls, GPS coordinates, make audio and call records, get information on the browser history and bookmarks, and so on. The gathered data is uploaded to the remote server, which can be acceded via a special web interface.
To install and configure Program.Topspy applications, physical access to the mobile device is required. Once these malicious programs are installed and configured, they do not create a shortcut on the home screen.
According to statistics, every fifth program for Android contains a vulnerability (or, in other words, a "loophole") that lets cybercriminals successfully introduce Trojans onto mobile devices and manipulate them into doing whatever actions they need them to.
Dr.Web Security Auditor for Android diagnoses and analyses a mobile device’s security and offers solutions to address security problems and vulnerabilities.