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Another day, another revelation of a critical unpatched zero-day vulnerability, this time in the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, Android.
What’s more? The Android zero-day vulnerability has also been found to be exploited in the wild… Continue reading New 0-Day Flaw Affecting Most Android Phones Being Exploited in the Wild
Using an Android device?
Beware! You have to remain more caution while opening an image file on your smartphone—downloaded anywhere from the Internet or received through messaging or email apps.
Yes, just viewing an innocuous-looking image could hack… Continue reading Android Phones Can Get Hacked Just by Looking at a PNG Image
Security researchers at Check Point Software Technologies have discovered a new attack vector against the Android operating system that could potentially allow attackers to silently infect your smartphones with malicious apps or launch denial of servic… Continue reading New Man-in-the-Disk attack leaves millions of Android phones vulnerable
Android ecosystem is highly broken when it comes to security, and device manufacturers (better known as OEMs) make it even worse by not providing critical patches in time.
According to a new study, most Android vendors have been lying to users about s… Continue reading Popular Android Phone Manufacturers Caught Lying About Security Updates
A global mobile espionage campaign collecting a trove of sensitive personal information from victims since at least 2012 has accidentally revealed itself—thanks to an exposed server on the open internet.
It’s one of the first known examples of a succe… Continue reading Researchers Uncover Government-Sponsored Mobile Hacking Group Operating Since 2012
Millions of Android devices are at serious risk of a newly disclosed critical vulnerability that allows attackers to secretly overwrite legitimate applications installed on your smartphone with their malicious versions.
Dubbed Janus, the vulnerability… Continue reading Android Flaw Lets Hackers Inject Malware Into Apps Without Altering Signatures
If your smart devices are smart enough to make your life easier, then their smart behaviour could also be exploited by hackers to invade your privacy or spy on you, if not secured properly.
Recent research conducted by security researchers at threat p… Continue reading Hackers Could Turn LG Smart Appliances Into Remote-Controlled Spy Robot
Better late than never.
Google has finally launched a bug bounty program for Android apps on Google Play Store, inviting security researchers to find and report vulnerabilities in some of the most popular Android apps.
Dubbed “Google Play Security Re… Continue reading Google Play Store Launches Bug Bounty Program to Protect Popular Android Apps
Nearly a year after the disclosure of the Dirty COW vulnerability that affected the Linux kernel, cybercriminals have started exploiting the vulnerability against Android users, researchers have warned.
Publicly disclosed last year in October, Dirty COW was present in a section of the Linux kernel—a part of virtually every Linux distribution, including Red Hat, Debian, and Ubuntu—for years
Continue reading First Android Malware Found Exploiting Dirty COW Linux Flaw to Gain Root Privileges
After WannaCry and Petya ransomware outbreaks, a scary (but rather creative) new strain of ransomware is spreading via bogus apps on the Google Play Store, this time targeting Android mobile users.
Dubbed LeakerLocker, the Android ransomware does not … Continue reading New Ransomware Threatens to Send Your Internet History & Private Pics to All Your Friends