Pierluigi Paganini
January 15, 2016
Experts at FireEye noticed a significant evolution of SlemBunk, a powerful Android Trojan is targeting bank users worldwide. In December security experts at FireEye first spotted the Android banking Trojan SlemBunk, a threat specifically designed to target mobile banking users. The trojan first variants were distributed as copies of legitimate bank apps through third-party websites. The SlemBunk Trojan […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 14, 2016
The IS has developed an Android app dubbed Amaq Agency app demonstrating how powerful modern communications technology can be for a radical group. Which are the communication channels used by members of the ISIS? Which are the messaging services they use? These are the main questions for the Western Intelligence that is attempting to track […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 13, 2016
Security experts at Symantec detect a new strain of the Android Bankosy malware that steals passwords sent through voice calls generated by 2FA systems. One-time passcodes, a crucial defense for online banking applications, are being intercepted by a malware program for Android, according to new research from Symantec. One-time passcodes (OTPs) in two-factor authentication scheme […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 07, 2016
Silent Circle released an update for its Blackphone 1 that fixes a critical flaw in the modem. Silent Circle has released an update for its Blackphone device that fixes several security vulnerabilities, including a flaw in its modem (CVE-2015-6841) that could have been exploited by threat actors to gain full control of the mobile device. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 22, 2015
The independent researcher  Indrajeet Bhuyan has demonstrated that is possible to crash the popular messaging app Whatsapp by sending crazy smileys. Crash our Friends’ WhatsApp could be quite easy, this is what the independent researcher Indrajeet Bhuyan has demonstrated by sending crazy smileys. Nearly 4000 simple Smileys are enough to crash our friends’ WhatsApp, the trick works on both […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 21, 2015
The security expert Ariel Sanchez presented the results of the test conducted on 40 iOS banking apps, comparing them to the ones obtained 2 years ago. The banking industry is looking with an increasing interest in mobile platform, financial institutes are offering a growing number of services accessible through mobile devices, but what about security? The security […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 20, 2015
Basically all Dutch citizens who own a mobile phone are at risk of attack due to poor security practices at the Phone House. The  freelance IT security consultant Sijmen Ruwhof discovered that personal info of more than 12 million Dutch mobile phone are open to cyber attacks. Ruwhof  detailed all the security issues he noticed in a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 08, 2015
Security experts at Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a new strain of malware dubbed BackStab that steals local mobile data backups. Security experts at Palo Alto Networks have uncovered a new strain of malware dubbed BackStab that steals local mobile data backups and transfer it to the C&C server. The malware is not able to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 07, 2015
Ghost Security Group has reportedly discovered an Android mobile application used by members of the ISIS organization for secure communications. According to the Christian Science Monitor, the Ghost Security Group has reportedly discovered an Android mobile app used by members of the ISIS organization. The Ghost Security Group is the notorious group of cyber experts in counter-terrorism networks that is […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 21, 2015
The SilverPush technology allows advertising firm to track user habits with near-ultrasonic sounds.How does it work? A few days ago, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) warned that the Indian company SilverPush has developed a technology that allows adverts to ping inaudible commands to mobile devices. SilverPush has issued also an SDK that could […]
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