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First Android-Rooting Trojan With Code Injection Ability Found On Google Play Store

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A new Android-rooting malware with an ability to disable device’ security settings in an effort to perform malicious tasks in the background has been detected on the official Play Store.

What’s interesting? The app was smart enough to fool Google security mechanism by first pretending itself to be a clean app and then temporarily replacing it with a malicious version.

Security researchers at

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New Drammer Android Hack lets Apps take Full control (root) of your Phone

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Earlier last year, security researchers from Google’s Project Zero outlined a way to hijack the computers running Linux by abusing a design flaw in the memory and gaining higher kernel privileges on the system.

Now, the same previously found designing… Continue reading New Drammer Android Hack lets Apps take Full control (root) of your Phone→

New Drammer Android Hack lets any App take Full control of your Phone

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Earlier last year, security researchers from Google’s Project Zero outlined a way to hijack the computers running Linux by abusing a design flaw in the memory and gaining higher kernel privileges on the system.

Now, the same previously found designing… Continue reading New Drammer Android Hack lets any App take Full control of your Phone→

Chainfire’s SuHide — Now You Can Hide Your Android Root Status On Per-App Basis

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Famous Android developer Chainfire released an experimental hack with a new app, called “Suhide,” that allows users to hide the root status of their rooted Android devices on an app-by-app basis.

Rooting your Android device can bring a lot of benefit… Continue reading Chainfire’s SuHide — Now You Can Hide Your Android Root Status On Per-App Basis→

Warning! Over 900 Million Android Phones Vulnerable to New ‘QuadRooter’ Attack

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Android has Fallen! Yet another set of Android security vulnerabilities has been discovered in Qualcomm chipsets that affect more than 900 Million Android smartphones and tablets worldwide.

What’s even worse: Most of those affected Android devices wil… Continue reading Warning! Over 900 Million Android Phones Vulnerable to New ‘QuadRooter’ Attack→

Dozens of Malicious Apps on Play Store can Root & Hack 90% of Android Devices

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It’s not at all surprising that the Google Play Store is surrounded by a large number of malicious apps that has the ability to gain users’ attention into falling victim for one, but this time, it is even worse than most people realize.

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More than a Billion Snapdragon-based Android Phones Vulnerable to Hacking

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More than a Billion of Android devices are at risk of a severe vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon chip that could be exploited by any malicious application to gain root access on the device.

Security experts at Trend Micro are warning Android user… Continue reading More than a Billion Snapdragon-based Android Phones Vulnerable to Hacking→