Gunpowder new Android malware spreading in android phones


Gunpowder Android malware: A new android version of malware targets non-residents of China people and infects their Android phones. Researchers have discovered a new family of malware for Android that successfully evaded all antivirus products on the VirusTotal Web service. Palo Alto Networks named this family of malware 'Gunpowder' based on the principal name of the malicious android software, and threat intelligence team of Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 found 49 unique samples through three different variants.

This finding highlights the fine line between "adware" which is not traditionally prevented by antivirus and malware products, with its ability to cause harm.

A new android version of malware targets non-residents of China people and infects their Android phones

Gunpowder samples have been uploaded to VirusTotal since November 2014, with all antivirus engines reported this malware as "benign" or "adware", that is verdicts existing controls would not prevent the installation of the malware in android.

During the investigation of the sample, the team noted that the unit 42, although it contained many features of adware, and actually incorporates a popular adware inside her library, also a number of openly malicious activities were discovered, researchers believe characterizes this family as malware, such as collecting sensitive information of users; spread via SMS messages; push potentially fraudulent advertising; and the ability to run additional payloads.

Gunpowder targets Android users in at least 13 different countries, including India. An interesting observation found by Gunpoder reverse engineering is that this new Android family only spreads among users outside China.

The Gunpowder android malware includes legitimate advertising libraries within samples. These ad libraries are easily detected and may also include aggressive behaviors. The malware successfully used these advertising libraries to hide malicious behavior detected by antivirus. While antivirus software can flag Gunpowder as adware, not flag as being overtly malicious.

Users who have executed Gunpowder are shown a notice that include ad library and the advertising is legitimate. "We believe that the notice was intentionally added in order to use the library as legitimate scapegoat", the researchers said.

Gunpowder embed malicious code samples in popular Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) emulator games, which is based on a framework of open source game

Palo Alto Networks has seen a trend of malware authors repackaging Android open source applications with malicious code. Gonpoder makes use of this technique, which makes it difficult to distinguish malicious code to perform static analysis.

From the observation it was found that this malicious Samples support online payments, including PayPal, Moneybookers, Xsolla and CYPay. Also Gunpowder steals your browser history, bookmarksand and other private information of the victims.

In addition, Gunpowder collect information about all apps, android packages installed on the device of the victim. Also it provides capabilities for executing payloads. Dynamic code for loading and executing the payload after decoding reside in "com.fcp.a" and components "com.fx.a".

So far, Palo Alto Networks has observed 49 unique samples of Gunpowder family; and he found three different groups of variants within this family. In particular, variants of group 1 (12 samples) can spread via SMS and attract users to make some payments. Variants in group 2 (16 samples) can only attract users to make a payment, and variants of group 3 (21 samples) do not contain the spread of SMS or attract users to make payments. Group 3 was found to be the newest malware variants of Gunpowder.

Now xbox music service on android and iOS with onedrive


Now xbox music service on android and iOS with onedrive. Xbox Music With onedrive Integration is now available for Android and iOS. New function onedrive Xbox Music service integration of Microsoft, announced in March this year, has come to Xbox Music applications on the Android and iOS platforms. The company has also eliminated the requirement to use the application without an Xbox Music, letting people use the onedrive integration.

The music service update on rival mobile platforms comes with Xbox Music brand and not recently unveiled the brand Groove Xbox Music on Windows 10. An update Groove to the Android and iOS platforms are expected at some point.

Can you play xbox music on android, xbox music for android review

As mentioned above, the Xbox Music app now works without an Xbox Music subscription, and users will stream music from their onedrive folder on Android and iOS. Users can upload mp3, m4a, or WMA music files in your current onedrive and from the Xbox Music account application on their devices. Downloading music files from onedrive and store it for offline use is also possible. Both Android and iOS users need a Xbox Music Pass to stream music files that they don't have in their onedrivr folder.

Onedrive integration puts the Xbox Music on par with other music lockers as Google Play Music. Microsoft at the time of launch of Xbox Music, added that users can store up to 50,000 music files to your collection onedrive, which coincides with the storage limit recently hit up Google Play Music.

Other new features of the Xbox Music update Android and iOS applications include support offline playback on a range of devices, the ability to download individual songs and albums for offline use, and also the ability to filter music offline. The company also detailed "several bug fixes' to your list of changes.

Downloading music files from onedrive and store it for offline use is also possible. It has been said that despite the addition of several bug fixes, the iOS version of the service seems to clash regularly.

The updated application is available for download from Google Play and App Store. The application is compatible with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or later and iOS 7.0 or later versions of the operating system.

5 cheap and best android phone below 5000 with lollopop 1 GB ram


Android phone below 5000 list. 5 Lollipop Android smartphones in India, with low price under Rs 5000. Despite the launch of Android Lollipop last year, many smartphones have not yet been updated to the latest version of Google's mobile operating system. It is largely the flagships running on Lollipop outside the box, but that's not to say that buyers on a budget can not enjoy the latest version of Android. In a budget of 5,000 rupees, here are five smartphones to buy running on Android Lollipop.
Android phones below 5000 range. Android phone below 5000 list. 5 Lollipop Android smartphones


Motorola Moto E {2014}

First generation of Motorola Moto E is surely one of the smartphones that should be considered in the price segment sub-Rs 5000. The company has launched the smartphone last year to Rs 6999, but the price has dropped to 4,999 rupees.

Speaking of specifications, Moto E (2014) features a 4-inch qHD (960 × 540 pixels) with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. It is powered by a 200 processor dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon paired with 1GB of RAM. It also has a 5 megapixel rear camera, 4GB internal storage, microSD card slot and a non-removable 1,980mAh battery.

Spice Dream UNO H

Spice Dream UNO H is one of the One Android smartphones launched last year. It was priced at Rs 6499 at the time of its release, but it has been since his fall in the price of Rs 4999.

It is essentially the same as the Sleep One spice, although with added support for Hindi language. In terms of specifications, it sports a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor, and 1GB of RAM.

It also has 4 GB of internal storage, microSD card slot, a rear 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, 2 megapixel front facing camera and 1,700mAh battery.

 Micromax Canvas Spark android phone under 5000 in delhi

Micromax launched the ultra-affordable Android-totting Lollipop Canvas Spark earlier this year, priced at Rs 4999. The smartphone is available in SnapDeal through a flash sale of model.As regard to the specifications, the spark of canvas sports a 4.7-inch qHD (960 × 540 pixels) protected by Corning Gorilla Glass screen 3, and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MTK6582 paired with 1GB of RAM.

The smartphone also has internal memory of 8 GB which can be expanded via a microSD card, an 8-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel camera selfie and a 2,000mAh battery. Connectivity options include dual card slots SIM, 3G support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS.

ZTE Blade Qlux smart phone dual sim 3g android phone below 5000

ZTE launched the Leaf Qlux last month, and still holds the crown LTE smartphone more affordable in India. Carries a price tag of Rs 4999.

The Qlux Sheet sports a 4.5-inch FWVGA (854 × 400 pixels) IPS display, and is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MTK6732M 1.3GHz paired with 1GB of RAM. It includes internal memory of 8 GB which can be expanded up to 32GB via a microSD card.

It also has an 8 megapixel camera rear camera of 5 megapixels selfie, FM radio, and a battery of 2,200mAh. Connectivity options include dual slots for SIM cards, support LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0.

Karbonn Sparkle V karbonn android phone below 5000

This is another One Android smartphone that was released last year. The spark V was launched for Rs 6399 only in SnapDeal, but has seen its price drop to Rs 4976.

It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA (854 × 480 pixels), quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM and 4GB internal memory that can be expanded via a microSD card.

5-megapixel rear camera, 2 megapixel camera, 1,700mAh battery and connectivity options like dual-SIM slots front cards, 3G support, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are also included

Google Nexus 6 price drop now on Flipkart at RS 29,999


Google Nexus 6 price drop. Google Nexus 6 now available online in only 29,999 rupees. Google Nexus flagship of Motorola, the Nexus 6, has gone through several price drops in recent months. It has been another drop in the price tag of Rs 36,999, as reported by BGR.

Flipkart has 64GB models priced at Rs 34,999 and 32GB for Rs 39,999 respectively. Now they have further reduced the price with an exchange offer. Now you can get an additional discount to lower the price to a new low of just Rs 29,999 for the 32GB version and Rs 34,999 for the 64GB version of Google Nexus smart phone.

Nexus 6 now only 29,999 rupees also with phone exchange offer. Buy Nexus phone now

The exchange rate varies by phones model you have and Flipkart currently only allows some selected phone models for the exchange offer of Nexus phones. You can also enter the PIN number to see if it will be available to your location.

The Nexus 6 was launched in India around 44,000 rupees. The 64GB version is priced at Rs 49,000. The Nexus smartphone has a 5.96-inch AMOLED screen with a screen resolution of 2560Ã-1440 pixels. Powered by a quad core 2.7GHz Snapdragon 805 chipset and 3 GB of RAM, the phone never slows down and has a high performance and never lags.

 A main camera of 13 megapixel and 2-megapixel front camera are a delight for lovers of photography. 3,220mAh powerful battery keeps the phone battery power for a good day. Lollipop comes with Android OS out of the box. Turbo Charger of Motorola is also included in the sales package which can charge your smart phone in 15 minutes and you can get your phone charged up to 6 hours of use.

Android Lollipop critical battery drain problem android battery drains quickly


Some Android Lollipop users affected by critical' battery drain issue and Lollipop battery drains very rapidly. It seems that some users of Android were affected by a problem of battery consumption on mobile versions of Android Lollipop 5.x running smart phones of android.

As Reported the issue on the site, Issue Tracker Android, Android 5.x Lollipop multiple users say the battery level falls steadily when applications start to use mobile data instead of WiFi. 

The thread includes comments from users complain of applications like Google now Launcher and android chrome browser eat mobile data too much. 

Android Lollipop critical battery drain problem android battery drains quickly

One of the users reported "massive battery discharge by active mobile radio. 8 hours of phone idle, the total of complete inactivity state of phone, even the screen was not on for a second and ate 63 percent of the battery. 3G was in up. It seems the problem disappears when Wi-Fi is enabled. " 

Another user said: "Even in my Nexus 5 with Lollipop 5.1 I have the same problem only active 3G or LTE Mobile Radio but Ok with Wi-F enabled". 

Notably, the tracker includes complaints from the owners of non-Nexus devices as well such as the HTC One, Samsung Galaxy S6, Motorola Moto X (Gen 2) and HTC One M8. 

Google has yet to recognize the problem and provide a solution. 

It is worth noting that this is not the first time that Android users have reported the problem of battery drain as the problem has existed for some time. A problem similar battery drain was reported last year, so multiple Nexus 5 owners run the latest version of Android 5.0 Developer Preview Lollipop reported battery drain bug, while Wi-Fi. Google, however last year without losing long recognized the problem of battery drain and issued a prompt solution.