Android

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2016
Millions of Xiaomi Smartphone vulnerable to remote hacking

Millions of Xiaomi smartphone are affected by a critical remote code execution flaw that could be exploited by hackers to take over the mobile devices. Millions of Xiaomi mobile are vulnerable to remote hacking due to a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that could be exploited by hackers to take over the mobile devices. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2016
Be careful backdoored Pokemon GO Android App spotted in the wild

ProofPoint have found in the wild a backdoored version of the popular Pokemon GO Android App that could allow attackers to gain control over victim’s device The gamers are going crazy for the last Nintendo game Pokemon GO which uses augmented reality , the mobile app is used by players to walk around and collect […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2016
Hacking mobile via hidden voice commands embedded in YouTube videos

A group of researchers has devised a new method for hacking mobile devices by using hidden voice commands in YouTube videos. A group of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Georgetown University has devised a method for hacking mobile devices by using hidden voice commands embedded in YouTube videos. In order to hack […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2016
Yingmob Chinese Ad Company infected 10 million Android devices for click revenue

Chinese Ad company Yingmob ’s developers are allegedly responsible for the infection of approximately 10 million Android devices. Chinese Ad company Yingmob’s developers are allegedly responsible for the infection of approximately 10 million Android devices which is reportedly generating an income of around $300,000 USD per month. CheckPoint, the security company famous for their network […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2016
Tesco Bank mobile app won’t run with Tor Orbot tool installed

This week it was discovered that the Tesco Android Bank app won’t run with the Orbot privacy tool installed on the user’s mobile device. I always highlighted the importance of censorship and internet monitoring, architectures like the Tor network are much more than evil tools in the hands of crooks, but probably someone has a different opinion. Tesco Bank […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2016
Watch out, FLocker Ransomware targets Android smart TVs

The day has come, Sharp and Philips smart TV running the Android TV OS could be infected by a ransomware dubbed FLocker ransomware. When a journalist asked me which is a possible evolution of ransomware I had no doubt, the Internet of Things. I was thinking of ransomware that infects medical devices and Smart objects in our homes. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2016
Android 6.0 Marshmallow permission-granting model is under attack

Malware researchers are warning Android’s latest permission-granting model in version 6.0 Marshmallow is now been targeted by Mobile malware authors. Android’s latest permission-granting model in version 6.0 Marshmallow is now been targeted by Mobile malware authors. The model  will let users grant permissions only when it is required by the app, rather be accepting all […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2016
Android will replace passwords with trust scores by 2017

Daniel Kaufman announced that Google is planning to make password identifications outmoded by 2017 and replace them with trust scores. Google wants to replace traditional passwords on Android with “trust scores,”  and it is planning to do it by 2017. The announcement was officialized at the Google I/O conference, the IT giant intends to use Google’s Trust API technology developed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2016
John McAfee and his crew claim to have hacked a WhatsApp Message, But …

The popular security expert John McAfee and a team of four hackers demonstrated that is is possible to read WhatsApp message. The cybersecurity expert John McAfee and four hackers demonstrated that is is possible to read a WhatsApp message even if it is encrypted. The hacker crew used their servers located in a remote section […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2016
Japanese Docomo makes its smartphone covertly trackable

The Japanese Mobile carrier NTT Docomo announced that its mobile devices will allow authorities to covertly track the locations of the users. The Japanese Mobile carrier NTT Docomo announced that five of its new smartphone models will allow authorities to track the locations without users being aware of it. Today, users are alerted when the […]