Android Malware Detected Using Machine Learning to Automatically Detect and Click on Ads

The malware can switch to a signalling mode that allows attackers to manually scroll and tap through a live stream of the virtual screen.

New Android malware uses AI to click on hidden browser ads

A new family of Android click-fraud trojans leverages TensorFlow machine learning models to automatically detect and interact ...

Beware: New Android malware uses AI to sneakily commit ad fraud on your phone (Update)

A new class of malware that uses AI to commit ad fraud has been discovered, and it can take over your screens without your ...
The Verge

Google bulks up Android’s malware defenses to combat new tricks, including AI

Android’s Play Protect feature is being upgraded to support real-time scanning at the code level. Android’s Play Protect feature is being upgraded to support real-time scanning at the code level. is a ...
Dark Reading

How Malware Authors Are Incorporating LLMs to Evade Detection

Threat actors are testing malware that incorporates large language models (LLMs) to create malware that can evade detection by security tools. In an analysis published earlier this month, Google's ...

Hugging Face abused to spread thousands of Android malware variants

A new Android malware campaign is using the Hugging Face platform as a repository for thousands of variations of an APK ...
Forbes

Android Under Attack—Users Warned As FireScam Threat Evades Detection

Update, Jan. 11, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 5, now includes a statement from Google regarding the Android FireScam threat. A new information-stealing Android malware threat has been ...