Pierluigi Paganini
October 23, 2014
Unknowns have hacked the NFC based electronic payment system used in Chile, the “Tarjeta BIP!”, spreading an Android hack that allows users to re-charge cards for free In Chile NFC electronic payment is already a reality, “Tarjeta BIP!” is the name of the payment system used to pay for public transportation with users’ smartphones that support the standard. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2014
Two researchers at Fortinet have demonstrated during the last Black Hat Europe conference how to hide a malicious Android APK in images. Mobile devices are continuously under attacks, cyber criminals are improving their technique to attack mobile users and increase the profits. A new technique recently disclosed, allows attackers to hide encrypted malicious Android applications inside […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 15, 2014
Researcher explains that vulnerable code re-use of zero-day in Android’s CyanogenMod exposes million users to Man-In-The-Middle attacks. Security experts always discourage jailbreaking and rooting of mobile devices due to the risk related to the installation of not authorized applications that could hide malware and serious bugs. At the Ruxcon Security Conference in Australia, an unnamed security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 09, 2014
A team of German researchers developed an innovative Android app dubbed DREBIN capable of detecting 94 percent of mobile malware. A team of German researchers composed by Daniel Arp, Konrad Rieck, Malte Hubner, Michael Spreitzenbarth of Siemens computer emergency response team and Hugo Gascon of the University of Gottingen have developed an Android app capable […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2014
Security experts speculate that the Chinese government is using mobile spyware, MITM attacks and Internet monitoring to control Hong Kong protesters. In the last days I published the news regarding a spyware used to spy on activists in Hong Kong, a Fake Occupy Central app is targeting the smartphones of the activists belonging to the Occupy Central […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 30, 2014
A Fake Occupy Central app containing a spyware is used by unknown to track activists in Hong Kong. Evidences suggest the involvement of Chinese entities. A Fake Occupy Central app is targeting the smartphones of the activists belonging to the Occupy Central pro-democracy movement with spyware. The malicious app has circulated online claiming to be an instrument […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 27, 2014
FBI Director James Comey said that he was “very concerned” about decision on Apple and Google to implement data encryption by default on their Smartphones. The FBI is concerned about the improvements made by Apple and Google for their solutions to defend the security and privacy of the users. The companies have implemented encryption by default on […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 22, 2014
Security experts at Lacoon Mobile Security detected a malicious app dubbed Windseeker which uses rare injection and hooking techniques to spy on users. Windseeker is a malicious Android app which attracted experts at Lacoon Mobile Security, the principal characteristics of the app are its injection and hooking techniques used to spy on mobile users. The techniques are rare […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 20, 2014
Google has announced that its new Android L will encrypt users’ data by default, the rise of the User Controlled Encryption paradigm. Google decided to make a further step to improve security of its customers enabling data encryption by default in the next version of Android OS. According to a Google spokesman, encryption on Android devices is already […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2014
A serious flaw vulnerability has been discovered in the default browser on a large number of Android devices that allows to bypass the Same Origin Policy. A critical flaw has been discovered in the Web browser installed by default on the majority of Android mobile devices, it has been estimated that nearly 70 percent of the […]
