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Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2017

Google publishes PoC Exploit code for iPhone Wi-Fi Chip hack

Google disclosed details and a proof-of-concept exploit for iPhone Wi-Fi firmware vulnerability affecting Broadcom chipsets in iOS 10 and earlier. This week Google disclosed details and a proof-of-concept exploit for a Wi-Fi firmware vulnerability affecting Broadcom chipsets in iOS 10 and earlier. The flaw that was patched this week could be exploited by attackers to […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 27, 2017

ZNIU, the first Android malware family to exploit the Dirty COW vulnerability

Security experts at Trend Micro have recently spotted a new strain of Android malware, dubbed ZNIU, that exploits the Dirty COW Linux kernel vulnerability. The Dirty COW vulnerability was discovered by the security expert Phil Oester in October 2016, it could be exploited by a local attacker to escalate privileges. The name ‘Dirty COW’ is due to the fact that it’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 15, 2017

Premium SMS malware EXPENSIVEWALL infected millions of Android handsets

Google removed 50 malicious apps from the official Play Store after experts discovered a new malware, dubbed ExpensiveWall, eluded Google Bouncer checks. Google has removed 50 malicious apps from the official Play Store after experts with security firm Check Point discovered a new malware, dubbed ExpensiveWall, eluded the checks of the Google’s Bouncer. The ExpensiveWall malware was […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2017

Billions of mobile, desktop and IoT devices potentially exposed to BlueBorne Attack

Billions of mobile, desktop and IoT devices that use Bluetooth may be exposed to a new stealthy remote attack dubbed BlueBorne attack. Billions of mobile, desktop and IoT devices that use Bluetooth may be exposed to a new remote attack, even without any user interaction and pairing. The unique condition for BlueBorne attacks is that targeted devices […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2017

Toast Overlay attacks, a Cloak and Dagger with No Permissions, fixed by Google

Google just fixed a high-severity Android vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0752, that ties with the Toast Overlay attacks. Security researchers with Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, warned of a high-severity Android vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0752, that ties with the “toast attack” overlay vulnerability. The experts reported that it is possible to abuse Android’s toast notification, a feature […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2017

DolphinAttack – Hackers control Siri, Google Now, Alexa voice assistants with ultrasound

The DolphinAttack technique allows hackers to control Siri, Google Now, Alexa and other voice assistants with commands in ultrasonic frequencies. A team of researchers from the Chinese Zhejiang University has demonstrated how to control several popular speech recognition systems using ultrasound. The attack technique was dubbed ‘DolphinAttack’, it was successfully tested against Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, Google Now, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2017

Boffins found multiple flaws in Mobile Bootloaders using custom tool BootStomp

Boffins have discovered a series of code execution and denial of service flaws in the bootloaders of popular mobile platforms using custom tool BootStomp. A group of nine researchers from the University of California Santa Barbara researchers has discovered a number of code execution and denial of service flaw in the bootloaders of Android chipsets from six vendors. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2017

Experts discover a new sophisticated malware dubbed xRAT tied to mRAT threat

Researchers at Lookout spotted a new mobile remote access Trojan dubbed xRAT tied to 2014 “Xsser / mRAT” surveillance campaign against Hong Kong protesters. A new mobile remote access Trojan dubbed xRAT includes appears as the evolution of high-profile spyware Xsser / mRAT malware that was first spotted in late 2014 when it was used in a surveillance […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 03, 2017

Google removed almost 300 Android apps involved in DDoS attack

Google removed almost 300 Android apps from the official Play Store after expert at ESET reported they were abused for a DDoS attack. This week Google has removed at least 300 apps from the Official Play Store after learning that apps were being hijacked to power DDoS attacks. “We identified approximately 300 apps associated with […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 30, 2017

Android Banking Trojan MoqHao targets South Korea users

Security researchers from McAfee have spotted a new Android banking Trojan dubbed MoqHao, targeting South Korean users via SMS phishing messages. Attackers send phishing emails with a malicious code link that tricks victims into believing that it points to a lost private picture or a Chrome update. When victims click on the shortened links in the SMS […]

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Google publishes PoC Exploit code for iPhone Wi-Fi Chip hack

ZNIU, the first Android malware family to exploit the Dirty COW vulnerability

Premium SMS malware EXPENSIVEWALL infected millions of Android handsets

Billions of mobile, desktop and IoT devices potentially exposed to BlueBorne Attack

Toast Overlay attacks, a Cloak and Dagger with No Permissions, fixed by Google

DolphinAttack – Hackers control Siri, Google Now, Alexa voice assistants with ultrasound

Boffins found multiple flaws in Mobile Bootloaders using custom tool BootStomp

Experts discover a new sophisticated malware dubbed xRAT tied to mRAT threat

Google removed almost 300 Android apps involved in DDoS attack

Android Banking Trojan MoqHao targets South Korea users

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