Google is secretly gathering location data from billions of Android users, the news is disconcerting and once again raise the debate about user’s privacy. The disconcerting discovery was made by researchers from Quartz. Big G has been caught collecting location data on every Android device owner in the past 11 months. The worse news is that the […]
The North Korea linked group Lazarus APT has been using a new strain of Android malware to target smartphone users in South Korea. The hacking campaign was spotted by McAfee and Palo Alto Networks, both security firms attributed the attacks to the Hidden Cobra APT. The activity of the Lazarus APT Group surged in 2014 and 2015, its […]
Experts from several security firms has spotted two new malware campaigns targeting Google Play Store users, once of them spreads the BankBot Trojan. Once again crooks succeeded in publishing a malware in the official Google Play Store deceiving the anti-malware protections implemented by the tech giant. A team composed of security experts from several security […]
A flaw in the Android MediaProjection service could be exploited by an attacker to record audio and screen activity on around 77.5% of all Android devices. A vulnerability affecting Android smartphones running Lolipop, Marshmallow, and Nougat (Around 77.5% of all Android devices) could be exploited by an attacker to record audio and screen activity. The vulnerability resides […]
Researchers from security firm ESET, discovered a multi-stage Malware dubbed Android/TrojanDropper.Agent.BKY that evaded Google Play detection. Security experts at ESET have discovered a multi-stage Android malware, tracked as Android/TrojanDropper.Agent.BKY, that was available for download in the official Google Play store. The researchers have found eight malicious applications in the official application store (MEX Tools, Clear Android, Cleaner for […]
Expert discovered a backdoor in OnePlus devices that allows root access without unlocking the bootloader. Other problems for the owners of the OnePlus smartphone, this time experts discovered a backdoor that allows root access without unlocking the bootloader. Just over a month after OnePlus was caught collecting personally identifiable information on its users, the Chinese smartphone company has been […]
A group of researchers hacked Apple iPhone X Face ID facial recognition technology by using a 3D-Printed Mask that costs less than $150. On November 3, Apple released its new iPhone X and a few days later a group of researchers from Vietnamese cybersecurity firm Bkav has claimed to have hacked Apple’s Face ID facial recognition technology by using […]
Trend Micro spotted TOASTAMIGO, the first known malware that uses the recently patched vulnerability that ties with the Toast Overlay attacks. Malware researchers at Trend Micro have spotted the first known strain of malware that triggers the recently patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0752, that ties with the Toast Overlay attacks. The vulnerability was discovered in September by security […]
Android Security Bulletin—November 2017 – Google addresses critical vulnerabilities and high-risk KRACK flaws in Android OS. Google released the Android Security Bulletin—November 2017 that address 31 vulnerabilities, 9 of which are critical remote code execution flaws. The Android Security Bulletin includes three different security patch levels. The 2017-11-01 and 2017-11-05 patch levels contain fixes for both Critical […]
A fake WhatsApp version deployed on the Play Store was downloaded by over a million users, a failure for the automated checks implemented by Google. Once again crooks exploited the official Google’s Play Store as a repository for malicious apps. This time a fake WhatsApp version was used to infect over a million users that […]