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Over 300,000 Android Devices Hacked Using Chrome Browser Vulnerability

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A vulnerability in Chrome for Android is actively being exploited in the wild that allows hackers to quietly download banking trojan apps (.apk) onto victim’s’ device without their confirmation.

You might have encountered a pop-up advertisement that appears out of nowhere and surprise you that your mobile device has been infected with a dangerous virus and instructs you to install a security

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Over 1 Billion Mobile App Accounts can be Hijacked Remotely with this Simple Hack

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Security researchers have discovered a way to target a huge number of Android and iOS apps that could allow them to remotely sign into any victim’s mobile app account without any knowledge of the victim.

A group of three researchers – Ronghai Yang, Wing Cheong Lau, and Tianyu Liu – from the Chinese University of Hong Kong has found [PPT] that most of the popular mobile apps that support

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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.

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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→

Xiaomi Can Silently Install Any App On Your Android Phone Using A Backdoor

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Note — Don’t miss an important update at the bottom of this article, which includes an official statement from Xiaomi.

Do you own an Android Smartphone from Xiaomi, HTC, Samsung, or OnePlus?

If yes, then you must be aware that almost all smartphone manufacturers provide custom ROMs like CyanogenMod, Paranoid Android, MIUI and others with some pre-loaded themes and applications to increase

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The Project Zero Contest — Google will Pay you $200,000 to Hack Android OS

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Why waiting for researchers and bug hunters to know vulnerabilities in your products, when you can just throw a contest for that.

Google has launched its own Android hacking contest with the first prize winner receiving $200,000 in cash.

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Warning! Just an Image Can Hack Your Android Phone — Patch Now

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Own an Android smartphone? Beware, as just an innocuous-looking image on social media or messaging app could compromise your smartphone.

Along with the dangerous Quadrooter vulnerabilities that affected 900 Million devices and other previously disclos… Continue reading Warning! Just an Image Can Hack Your Android Phone — Patch Now→

Internet Traffic Hijacking Linux Flaw Affects 80% of Android Devices

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An estimated 80 percent of Android smartphones and tablets running Android 4.4 KitKat and higher are vulnerable to a recently disclosed Linux kernel flaw that allows hackers to terminate connections, spy on unencrypted traffic or inject malware into th… Continue reading Internet Traffic Hijacking Linux Flaw Affects 80% of Android Devices→

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→