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Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2021

Android banking Trojan BrazKing is back with significant evasion improvements

The BrazKing Android banking trojan is back with significant improvements and dynamic banking overlays to avoid detection. Researchers from IBM spotted a new version of the BrazKing Android banking trojan that pull fake overlay screens from the command and control (C2) server in real-time. In the previous version, BrazKing abused the accessibility service to detect which app […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2021

Google fixes actively exploited Zero-Day Kernel flaw in Android

Google’s Android November 2021 security updates address a zero-day vulnerability in the Kernel that is actively exploited in the wild. Google’s Android November 2021 security updates addressed 18 vulnerabilities in the framework and system components and 18 issues in the kernel and vendor components. One of these issues, tracked as CVE-2021-1048, is a use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2021

AbstractEmu, a new Android malware with rooting capabilities

AbstractEmu is a new Android malware that can root infected devices to take complete control and evade detection with different tricks. Security researchers at the Lookout Threat Labs have discovered a new Android malware, dubbed AbstractEmu, with rooting capabilities that is distributed on Google Play and prominent third-party stores (i.e. Amazon Appstore and the Samsung Galaxy Store). The malware […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2021

UltimaSMS subscription fraud campaign targeted millions of Android users

UltimaSMS, a massive fraud campaign is using Android apps with million of downloads to subscribe victims to premium subscription services. Researchers from Avast have uncovered a widespread premium SMS scam on the Google Play Store, tracked as UltimaSMS, the name comes from the first apps they discovered called Ultima Keyboard 3D Pro. Threat actors used at […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2021

WhatsApp made available end-to-end encrypted chat backups

WhatsApp made available end-to-end encrypted chat backups on iOS and Android to prevent anyone from accessing user chats. WhatsApp is rolling out end-to-end encrypted chat backups on both iOS and Android devices, the move aims at implementing an optional layer of security to protect backups stored on Google Drive or iCloud cloud storage. Currently, WhatsApp […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2021

Flubot Android banking Trojan spreads via fake security updates

The Flubot Android malware is now leveraging fake security updates warning to trick users into installing the malicious code. Threat actors behind the Flubot Android malware are now leveraging fake security updates to trick victims into installing the malicious code. The attackers use fake security warnings of Flubot infections and urging them to install the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2021

Hydra Android trojan campaign targets customers of European banks

Experts warn of a new Hydra banking trojan campaign targeting European e-banking platform users, including the customers of Commerzbank. Experts warn of a malware campaign targeting European e-banking platform users with the Hydra banking trojan. According to malware researchers from the MalwareHunterTeam and Cyble, the new campaign mainly impacted the customers of Commerzbank, Germany’s […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2021

Popular Android apps with 142.5 million collective installs leak user data

14 top Android apps with 142.5 million installs are misconfigured, leaving their data exposed to unauthorized parties Original post @ https://cybernews.com/security/research-popular-android-apps-with-142-5-million-collective-downloads-are-leaking-user-data/ 14 top Android apps with 142.5 million installs are misconfigured, leaving their data exposed to unauthorized parties. Nine out of 14 popular Android apps are still potentially leaking the data of more than 30.5 […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 30, 2021

Facebook released Mariana Trench tool to find flaws in Android and Java apps

Facebook released Mariana Trench, an internal open-source tool that can be used to identify vulnerabilities in Android and Java applications. The Facebook security team has open-sourced the code for Mariana Trench, an internal open-source tool used by the company experts to identify vulnerabilities in Android and Java applications. The name comes from the Mariana Trench, the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 12, 2021

Google implements new Private Compute Services for Android

Google introduces Private Compute Services, a collection of services aimed at designing to improve privacy in the Android operating system. Good news for Android users, Google has implemented the Private Compute Services, a set of features aimed at improving their privacy. “We introduced Android’s Private Compute Core in Android 12 Beta. Today, we’re excited to announce a […]

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Android banking Trojan BrazKing is back with significant evasion improvements

Google fixes actively exploited Zero-Day Kernel flaw in Android

AbstractEmu, a new Android malware with rooting capabilities

UltimaSMS subscription fraud campaign targeted millions of Android users

WhatsApp made available end-to-end encrypted chat backups

Flubot Android banking Trojan spreads via fake security updates

Hydra Android trojan campaign targets customers of European banks

Popular Android apps with 142.5 million collective installs leak user data

Facebook released Mariana Trench tool to find flaws in Android and Java apps

Google implements new Private Compute Services for Android

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