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Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2015

Trend Micro revealed a new Android vulnerability renders Android Devices inoperable

Researchers from Trend Micro discovered a new critical vulnerability in the Android mobile OS that can be exploited to crash mobile devices. Experts from Trend Micro discovered a new vulnerability, an integer overflow bug in the Android mediaserver service, that affects versions of Android starting with 4.3 Jelly Bean and up to 5.1.1 Lollipop. The flaw […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2015

Stagefright, just a message to hack 950 Million Android devices

Android users are threatened by a new vulnerability dubbed Stagefright in the popular Google mobile OS, which allows hackers to gain control of the system without raising suspicion. Another disconcerting aspect of the Stagefright flaw is that it potentially affects 95% of Android devices running version 2.2 to 5.1 of the Google OS (roughly 950 million smartphones […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2015

Advertising hijacking made by Invisible rogue mobile apps are wasting petabytes of data a day

Mobile Malware is growing and crooks are targeting the advertising industry to redirect users to ad pages in a sort of Advertising hijacking. Mobile Malware is growing and crooks are targeting the advertising industry with malicious codes able to redirect users to ad pages, this practice is known as Advertising hijacking. These “rogue mobile apps” […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2015

All Smartwatches on the market are vulnerable to attacks

A study conducted by HP’s Fortify on security features implemented by Smartwatches revealed that not even a single device found to be 100 percent safe. Today we talk about a great passion of mine, watches. Let me tell you that I’m not attracted by Smartwatches, I consider watches and their gears a work of art […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2015

Android devices, from Ice Cream version to Jelly Bean were p0wned with RCSAndroid

Android devices, from Ice Cream version to Jelly Bean were p0wned with RCSAndroid RAT, one of the most professionally developed and sophisticated malware. Since the leak of Hacking Team hack, every day in security area have been inundated with news about some vulnerability, exploit, etc. etc., and still more news are yet to come out. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2015

Researcher discloses Local Privilege Escalation Flaw in Apple Mac OS X

Researchers have discovered a critical local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Mac OS X operating system, but Apple will fix only by October. German researcher Stefan Esser, founder of security audit company SektionEins, has discovered a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the Mac OS X operating system that affects OS X 10.10.x. Esser decided to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2015

Security Affairs newsletter Round 18 – Best of the week from best sources

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from the best sources free for you in your email box. A new Zero-Day Vulnerability arises from Hacking Team hack Hacking Team Another Flash Zero-Day: CVE-2015-5122 Hacking Team by Numbers – The Infographic Hacking Team chief: Were the GOOD GUYS […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2015

iOS crash warnings scam targeted iPhone and iPad users in US and UK

According to a report published by The Telegraph, scammers are targeting iPhone and iPad users with a new elaborate scheme that relies on iOS crash warnings Scammers are targeting iPhone and iPad users with a new-old elaborate scheme that relies on iOS crash warnings. Scammers are using JavaScript generated dialogs to display IOS Crash warnings, as explained […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2015

Bogus News mobile App discovered in Hacking Team arsenal

Experts at Trend Micro have discovered a malicious Android App while they were analyzing the package of data stolen from Hacking Team. Experts at Trendmicro analyzing package of data stolen from Hacking Team systems discovered a fake news app that was designed to circumvent filtering in Google Play. The malicious app was downloaded only 50 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2015

Many Android and Apple Apps allow brute force attacks

According to a recent research published by experts at the AppBugs firm many Android and Apple mobile apps allow brute force attacks. Android and Apple devices are the most used worldwide, millions of mobile users every day use the apps available in their official stores, but what if the majority of these applications are vulnerable […]

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Trend Micro revealed a new Android vulnerability renders Android Devices inoperable

Stagefright, just a message to hack 950 Million Android devices

Advertising hijacking made by Invisible rogue mobile apps are wasting petabytes of data a day

All Smartwatches on the market are vulnerable to attacks

Android devices, from Ice Cream version to Jelly Bean were p0wned with RCSAndroid

Researcher discloses Local Privilege Escalation Flaw in Apple Mac OS X

Security Affairs newsletter Round 18 – Best of the week from best sources

iOS crash warnings scam targeted iPhone and iPad users in US and UK

Bogus News mobile App discovered in Hacking Team arsenal

Many Android and Apple Apps allow brute force attacks

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