Pierluigi Paganini
May 06, 2015
Canadian mobile users were targeted by the latest variant of the Koler Android mobile ransomware after visiting websites proposing adult content. Once again, visitors of websites proposing adult content are targeted by cyber criminals. Last week a malvertising campaign hit visitors of the adult website XHamster, now Canadian Internet users victims were targeted by a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 23, 2015
Security researchers discovered a bug in WiFi SSID management that could be exploited by hackers to crash Android, Windows, Linux systems or hack them. In an e-mail published on the Open Source Software Security (oss-security) mailing list, a user reported a serious vulnerability that could allow attackers to crash devices or even potentially inject malware […]
Pierluigi Paganini
April 09, 2015
A team or researchers sponsored by the US DARPA has developed a new innovative tool to improve the detection of Android malware. The blue team of DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) backed up by Iowa State University researchers are developing a tool that will help with Android malware analysis. The features used by the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 25, 2015
Experts at Palo Alto Networks discovered the Installer Hijacking vulnerability that exposes half of Android users to attack via Installation Vulnerability. The security researcher Zhi Xu from Palo Alto Networks discovered a critical vulnerability, dubbed Android Installer Hijacking, affecting the Android PackageInstaller system service. By exploiting the flaw, an attacker can gain unlimited permissions on compromised smartphone and data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 19, 2015
Despite principal vendors have released updates to fix the FREAK vulnerability many mobile apps for Android and Apple iOS are still vulnerable. Early March, security experts discovered a critical vulnerability codenamed FREAK (CVE-2015-0204), also known as Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys, which could be exploited by threat actors to run man-in-the-middle attacks on encrypted traffic when Internet users visited […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2015
Android Gazon malware redirects a potential victim to a webpage that promises an Amazon gift card if you install an APK file hosted on the page. There is a new piece of malware called “Gazon”, and according to “adaptivemobile” already 4000 android users are infected. “Gazon” was discovered on 25 of February and until yesterday […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 08, 2015
The security firm Bluebox discovered a preinstalled malware, many malicious apps, and a series of security holes on the Xiaomi Mi 4 smartphone. After the episode of Lenovo pre-installed malware, another case is worrying the IT community. This time, security firm Bluebox has discovered pre-installed malware and other security issues with a Xiaomi Mi 4 mobile […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2015
FireEye released a report containing the results of a comprehensive Mobile Threat Assessment of 7 Million iOS and Android Apps. According to U.S. firm FireEye, more than five billion downloaded Android apps are vulnerable to cyber attacks due to the presence of security vulnerabilities in the Android OS. Researchers at FireEye analyzed more than 7 million […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 22, 2015
A group of researchers has proposed a new technique dubbed PowerSpy to track mobile usersâ location by analyzing data related to the power supply. AÂ group of researchers at Stanford University and the Israeli defense company Rafael has discovered a way to track mobile devices by analyzing the power supply. The experts have proposed a technique […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 20, 2015
Security researchers at AVG have discovered a new Android malware dubbed PowerOffHijack, which spies on users even when mobile is switched off. Security researchers at AVG have discovered a new strain of Android malware which is able to spy on mobile users even when their mobile is off. The malware could be used to control victim’s […]
