Experts discovered that the sandbox vulnerability affects all apps that use the managed app configuration setting in devices that run older versions. Kevin Watkins, a security researcher from Appthority, argues that users without iOS 8.4.1 are affected by the sandbox vulnerability, CVE-2015-3269. The flaw affects all apps that use the managed app configuration settings, meaning that […]
CVE-2015-3842 is a new flaw affecting the Android mediaserver, which can be exploited to perform attacks involving arbitrary code execution. The problems for Android users continue, a long serie of vulnerabilities has been discovered by the experts in the last weeks, Stagefright, zero-day zero-day deserialization, and Certifi-Gate are the names of some of the flaw recently […]
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MWR Labs have disclosed information on an unpatched vulnerability that allows an attacker to easily bypass the Android sandbox. Other problems for the popular Android OS, after the discovery of the Stagefright vulnerabilities and other security flaws recently revealed by security researchers, now experts at MWR Labs have disclosed information on an unpatched vulnerability that allows […]
Security Experts at IBM have discovered a new critical vulnerability affecting Android OS and impacting more than 55 percent users. There is no peace for the Android users, recently experts discovered the critical Stagefright vulnerability and other serious flaws like the Certifi-gate vulnerability and CVE-2015-3823 flaw. Now experts from IBM have discovered another critical bug in the Google Android OS that impacts more […]
Certifi-Gate is the name of a new vulnerability affecting Android mobile devices discovered by Check Point security that could be exploited to control them. Android users had a bad time after discovering the “Stagefright” vulnerability, but unfortunately other security issues are warning them. It was recently discovered a new vulnerability dubbed Certifi-Gate which could be […]
Researchers from FireEye have revealed that it is possible to attack Android smartphone to remotely steal user’s fingerprints on a “large scale.” Security experts have often expressed concerns regarding the fingerprint management implemented by the principal mobile vendors. Hackers have demonstrated that it is not difficult to trigger vulnerabilities inside systems that manage fingerprints in […]
Security experts from FireEye demonstrated that Hacking Team leveraged iOS vulnerability to install fake messaging apps implementing a Masque Attack. Another news related with the leak of the Hacking Team‘s hack, this time it was discovered that Hacking Team was capable of compromising IOS devices, even if they werenât jailbroken. To accomplish this, Hacking Team […]
Trend Micro revealed that Android users are threatened by another vulnerability coded as CVE-2015-3823 which traps mobile phones in endless reboots. Still problems for Android users! A few days ago security experts at Trend Micro discovered a serious flaw in Android OS that can be exploited to crash mobile devices, just before it was announced the Stagefright […]
Apple’s iOS 8.4 operating system for Mac OS X can be jail broken now, thanks to the Untethered Jailbreak tool released by the Chinese jailbreaking team TaiG Apple’s iOS 8.4 operating system for Mac OS X can be jail broken now, thanks to the Untethered Jailbreak tool released by the Chinese jailbreaking team TaiG. Quite […]