Android

Researcher received a $70k award for a Google Pixel lock screen bypass

Google fixed a high-severity security bug affecting all Pixel smartphones that can allow attackers to unlock the devices. Google has…

3 years ago

4 Malicious apps on Play Store totaled +1M downloads

Four malicious Android apps uploaded by the same developer to Google Play totaled at least one million downloads. Malwarebytes researchers…

3 years ago

Malicious dropper apps on Play Store totaled 30.000+ installations

ThreatFabric researchers discovered five malicious dropper apps on Google Play Store with more than 130,000 downloads. Researchers at ThreatFabric have…

3 years ago

YoWhatsApp, unofficial WhatsApp Android app spreads the Triada Trojan

Kaspersky researchers warn of a recently discovered malicious version of a popular WhatsApp messenger mod dubbed YoWhatsApp. Kaspersky researchers discovered…

3 years ago

A new Android malware used to spy on the Uyghur Community

Experts spotted new Android spyware that was used by China-linked threat actors to spy on the Uyghur community in China. Researchers from…

3 years ago

1,859 Android and iOS apps were containing hard-coded Amazon AWS credentials

Researchers discovered 1,859 Android and iOS apps containing hard-coded Amazon Web Services (AWS) credentials. Researchers from Broadcom Symantec's Threat Hunter…

3 years ago

A flaw in TikTok Android app could have allowed the hijacking of users’ accounts

Microsoft discovered a vulnerability in the TikTok app for Android that could lead to one-click account hijacking. Microsoft researchers discovered…

3 years ago

Bugdrop dropper includes features to circumvent Google’s security Controls

Researchers have discovered a previously undocumented Android dropper, dubbed BugDrop, that's still under development. Recently, researchers from ThreatFabric discovered a…

3 years ago

SOVA Android malware now also encrypts victims’ files

Security researchers from Cleafy reported that the SOVA Android banking malware is back and is rapidly evolving. The SOVA Android…

3 years ago

17 Android Apps on Google Play Store, dubbed DawDropper, were serving banking malware

The researchers discovered over a dozen Android Apps on Google Play Store, collectively dubbed DawDropper, that were dropping Banking malware. Trend…

4 years ago

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