Mobile

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2018
A few hours after Apple released iOS 12.1, a researcher presented a Passcode Bypass issue

A few hours after Apple released iOS 12.1 the iPhone bug hunter Jose Rodriguez has found a new passcode bypass issue that could be exploited to see all contacts’ private information on a locked iPhone. “Jose Rodriguez, a Spanish security researcher, contacted The Hacker News and confirmed that he discovered an iPhone passcode bypass bug in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2018
Apple and Samsung fined millions for “planned obsolescence” of old smartphones

Italian Competition Authority AGCM fined Apple and Samsung a 5 million Euros and 10 million Euros for “planned obsolescence” of their mobile devices. After a long investigation conducted by the Italian Competition Authority AGCM, the agency has fined Apple and Samsung a 5 million Euros ($5.8 Million) and 10 million Euros ($11.5 Million) for “planned obsolescence” of their mobile devices. According to […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2018
Google requires 2 years of Android security updates for popular devices

The media outlet The Verge obtained a copy of a contract between Google and OEMs that obliges them to two years of security updates for popular phones. Google continues the battle for securing devices of its users, this time making mandatory for device makers two years of Android security updates. One of the main problems with […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2018
Expert disclosed a new passcode bypass to access photos and contacts on a locked iPhone

iOS passionate Jose Rodriguez disclosed a new passcode bypass bug that could be to access photos and contacts on a locked iPhone XS. The security passionate Jose Rodriguez has discovered a new passcode bypass bug that could be exploited on the recently released iOS 12.0.1. A few weeks ago, Rodriguez discovered a passcode bypass vulnerability in Apple’s new iOS […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2018
Hackers can compromise your WhatsApp account by tricking you into answering a video call

Hackers can compromise your WhatsApp account by tricking you into answering a video call, the company fixed the flaw in September. WhatsApp has addressed a vulnerability in the mobile applications that could have been exploited by attackers to crash victims instant messaging app simply by placing a call. The vulnerability is a memory heap overflow […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2018
Expert demonstrated how to access contacts and photos from a locked iPhone XS

Expert discovered a passcode bypass vulnerability in Apple’s new iOS version 12 that could be exploited to access photos, contacts on a locked iPhone XS . The Apple enthusiast and “office clerk” Jose Rodriguez has discovered a passcode bypass vulnerability in Apple’s new iOS version 12 that could be exploited by an attacker (with physical access to the iPhone) […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2018
QRecorder app in the Play Store was hiding a Banking Trojan that targets European banks

The QRecorder app in the Play Store impersonating a phone call and voice recording utility embedded a banking malware used to target European banks. Security experts from ESET have discovered a malicious app in the official Google Play Store that impersonates a phone call and voice recording utility, it was hiding a banking malware used to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2018
Pangu hackers are back, they realized the iOS 12 Jailbreak

The popular Chinese hacking team Pangu has devised the iOS 12 Jailbreak running on the latest iPhone XS. Users wait for further details. Here we go again to speak about the notorious Chinese hacking team Pangu, the group is time popular for his ability to jailbreak Apple devices. This time the experts presented a jailbreak […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2018
Hide and Seek (HNS) IoT Botnet targets Android devices with ADB option enabled

The latest samples of the HNS bot were designed to target Android devices having the wireless debugging feature ADB enabled. The Hide and Seek (HNS) IoT botnet was first spotted early this year, since its discovery the authors continuously evolved its code. The IoT botnet appeared in the threat landscape in January, when it was first discovered on January 10th […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2018
One year later BlueBorne disclosure, over 2 Billion devices are still vulnerable

One year after the discovery of the BlueBorne Bluetooth vulnerabilities more than 2 billion devices are still vulnerable to attacks. In September 2017, experts with Armis Labs devised a new attack technique, dubbed BlueBorne, aimed at mobile, desktop and IoT devices that use Bluetooth.  The BlueBorne attack exposes devices to a new remote attack, even without […]