Android Spywaller: Firewall-Style Antivirus Blocking | Fortinet Blog

Malware has been known to use new and innovative ways to evade detection by Antivirus software, a phenomenon AV analysts have often seen with PC malware. Not a lot of examples of the same have been seen employed by mobile malware.

A recently discovered Android malware has brought to light one such Antivirus evasion technique with its use of"a legitimate firewall to thwart security software".

Android Spywaller: Firewall-Style Antivirus Blocking | Fortinet Blog