Pierluigi Paganini
April 04, 2019
Security experts at Trend Micro spotted a new variant of the XLoader Trojan that is targeting Android devices by posing as a security application. Trend Micro discovered a new variant of the XLoader Trojan that is targeting Android devices by posing as a security application, the malware also attempts to infect Apple devices (iPhones and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 25, 2019
Due to the growing demand for Android banking malware, threat actors continue using Anubis even is the creator has vanished. Introduction Besides being the Egyptian God associated with mummification and afterlife, Anubis is also an Android banking malware that has caused quite some trouble for over 300 financial institutions worldwide since 2017. Anubis II is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 20, 2019
Security experts at Check Point uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign spreading the SimBad malicious code through the official Google Play Store. Researchers at Check Point have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign spreading the SimBad agent through the official Google Play Store. According to experts, more than 150 million users were already impacted. SimBad disguises itself […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 12, 2019
Yoroi-Cybaze ZLab malware researchers have analyzed four different fake android APKs that pretend to be versions of the Apex Legends game. Introduction At the beginning of 2019, Electronic Arts released a game for PC, XBox One and Playstation 4 named Apex Legends. It is a battle royal game like Titanfall and Fortnite, the latter is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 11, 2019
Security researcher Lukas Stefanko from ESET discovered the first Android cryptocurrency clipboard hijacker impersonating MetaMask on the official Google Play store. The rogue MetaMask app is a Clipboard Hikacker that monitors a device’s clipboard for Bitcoin and Ethereum addresses and replaces them with addresses of wallets under the control of the attacker. Using this trick the attackers can transfers funds […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 10, 2019
Google announced Adiantum, a new encryption method devised to protect Android devices without cryptographic acceleration. Google announced Adiantum, a new encryption method devised to protect Android devices without cryptographic acceleration. “Adiantum is an innovation in cryptography designed to make storage encryption more efficient for devices without cryptographic acceleration, to ensure that all devices can be encrypted.” reads the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 07, 2019
Google patched a critical flaw in its Android OS that allows an attacker to send a specially crafted PNG image file to hack a target device, Opening an image file on your smartphone could allow attackers to hack into your Android device due to three critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2019-1986, CVE-2019-1987, and CVE-2019-1988. The flaws affect millions […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 04, 2019
Researchers at Trend Micro discovered at least 29 malicious photo editing and beauty apps that were able to perform several malicious activities. Crooks continue to abuse Google Play store to distribute malicious apps, this time experts at Trend Micro discovered at least 29 maliciousphoto editing and beauty apps that were stealing users’ photos. The malicious […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 19, 2019
Security expert Robert Baptiste (akaElliot Alderson) discovered a vulnerability (CVE-2019-6447) in the ES File Explorer that potentially expose hundreds of million Android installs. The ES File Explorer is an Android file manager that has over 100,000,000 installs and more than 500 million users worldwide according to its developer. Baptiste discovered that the application uses a local […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 18, 2019
A bug in the Twitter app for Android may have had exposed tweets, the social media platform revealed on Thursday. The bug in the Android Twitter app affects the âProtect my Tweetsâ option from the accountâs âPrivacy and safetyâ settings that allows viewing user’s posts only to approved followers. People who used the Twitter app […]
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