A Russia-speaking malware developer going by the name of "TheBottle" has started selling a new infostealer with the name of Ovidiy Stealer.
Seventy-five apps available for download from the official Google Play Store had to remove a malicious advertising library that was secretly an adware called AdDown, which Trend Micro researchers have been tracking for the last two years.
Russian authorities have arrested the Cron malware gang, responsible for selling the Tiny.z Android banking trojan and the PonyForx Windows infostealer.
During the month of November 2016, a cyber-crime group has started deploying a new malware family nicknamed "August," used mainly for information gathering and reconnaissance on the infected target's computer.
Information theft can be very lucrative for malware developers who target companies for the theft of corporate secrets. BleepingComputer has discovered a computer infection that scans victim's computer for files containing certain file extensions and then uploads matching files to a server under the malware developer's control.