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Android Update Patches Critical Vulnerability

Android Update Patches Critical Vulnerability 2024-05-08 at 15:31 By Ionut Arghire Android’s May 2024 security update patches 38 vulnerabilities, including a critical bug in the System component. The post Android Update Patches Critical Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source

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Bug hunters can get up to $450,000 for an RCE in Google’s Android apps

Bug hunters can get up to $450,000 for an RCE in Google’s Android apps 2024-05-03 at 17:16 By Zeljka Zorz Google has drastically increased the rewards bug hunters can get for reporting vulnerabilities in Android apps it develops and maintains. “We increased reward amounts by up to 10x in some categories (for example Remote Arbitrary

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Microsoft Warns of ‘Dirty Stream’ Vulnerability in Popular Android Apps

Microsoft Warns of ‘Dirty Stream’ Vulnerability in Popular Android Apps 2024-05-03 at 14:31 By Eduard Kovacs Microsoft has uncovered a new type of attack called Dirty Stream that impacted Android apps with billions of installations.  The post Microsoft Warns of ‘Dirty Stream’ Vulnerability in Popular Android Apps appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Wpeeper Android Trojan Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Shield Command-and-Control Server

Wpeeper Android Trojan Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Shield Command-and-Control Server 2024-05-01 at 15:31 By Ionut Arghire The new Wpeeper Android trojan ceased operations after a week and has zero detections in VirusTotal. The post Wpeeper Android Trojan Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Shield Command-and-Control Server appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Google Says it Blocked 2.28 Million Apps from Google Play Store

Google Says it Blocked 2.28 Million Apps from Google Play Store 2024-04-29 at 20:16 By Ionut Arghire In 2023, Google said it blocked 2.28 million bad applications from being published on Google Play and banned 333,000 developer accounts. The post Google Says it Blocked 2.28 Million Apps from Google Play Store appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Powerful ‘Brokewell’ Android Trojan Allows Attackers to Takeover Devices

Powerful ‘Brokewell’ Android Trojan Allows Attackers to Takeover Devices 2024-04-26 at 17:16 By Ionut Arghire A new Android trojan named Brokewell can steal user’s sensitive information and allows attackers to take over devices. The post Powerful ‘Brokewell’ Android Trojan Allows Attackers to Takeover Devices appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Google Patches Exploited Pixel Vulnerabilities

Google Patches Exploited Pixel Vulnerabilities 2024-04-03 at 13:31 By Ionut Arghire Google patches 28 vulnerabilities in Android and 25 bugs in Pixel devices, including two flaws exploited in the wild. The post Google Patches Exploited Pixel Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source

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‘Vultur’ Android Malware Gets Extensive Device Interaction Capabilities

‘Vultur’ Android Malware Gets Extensive Device Interaction Capabilities 2024-04-01 at 19:31 By Ionut Arghire NCC Group researchers warn that the Android banking malware ‘Vultur’ has been updated with device interaction and file tampering capabilities. The post ‘Vultur’ Android Malware Gets Extensive Device Interaction Capabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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VPN Apps on Google Play Turn Android Devices Into Proxies

VPN Apps on Google Play Turn Android Devices Into Proxies 2024-03-27 at 17:01 By Ionut Arghire Human Security identifies 28 VPN applications for Android and an SDK that turn devices into proxies. The post VPN Apps on Google Play Turn Android Devices Into Proxies appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek

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Attackers leverage weaponized iMessages, new phishing-as-a-service platform

Attackers leverage weaponized iMessages, new phishing-as-a-service platform 2024-03-27 at 12:31 By Zeljka Zorz Scammers are leveraging the Darcula phishing-as-a-service platform, iMessages and Google Messages to great effect. The platform allows them to impersonate a variety of brands based in over 100 different countries: postal services, public and private utilities, packet delivery services, financial institutions, government

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Drozer: Open-source Android security assessment framework

Drozer: Open-source Android security assessment framework 2024-03-27 at 06:32 By Mirko Zorz Drozer is an open-source security testing framework for Android, whose primary purpose is to make the life of mobile application security testers easier. Drozer features The solution enables the identification of security vulnerabilities in applications and devices by taking on the role of

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MobSF: Open-source security research platform for mobile apps

MobSF: Open-source security research platform for mobile apps 2024-03-14 at 07:30 By Mirko Zorz The Mobile Security Framework (MobSF) is an open-source research platform for mobile application security, encompassing Android, iOS, and Windows Mobile. MobSF can be used for mobile app security assessment, penetration testing, malware analysis, and privacy evaluation. The Static Analyzer is adept

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Android’s March 2024 Update Patches Critical Vulnerabilities

Android’s March 2024 Update Patches Critical Vulnerabilities 2024-03-06 at 15:32 By Ionut Arghire Android’s March 2024 security update resolves 38 vulnerabilities, including two critical flaws in the System component. The post Android’s March 2024 Update Patches Critical Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source

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CISA Warns of Pixel Phone Vulnerability Exploitation

CISA Warns of Pixel Phone Vulnerability Exploitation 2024-03-06 at 14:07 By Eduard Kovacs CISA adds Pixel Android phone (CVE-2023-21237) and Sunhillo SureLine (CVE-2021-36380) flaws to its known exploited vulnerabilities catalog.  The post CISA Warns of Pixel Phone Vulnerability Exploitation appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source

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RiskInDroid: Open-source risk analysis of Android apps

RiskInDroid: Open-source risk analysis of Android apps 2024-03-06 at 07:30 By Mirko Zorz RiskInDroid (Risk Index for Android) is an open-source tool for quantitative risk analysis of Android applications based on machine learning techniques. How RiskInDroid works “A user should be able to quickly assess an application’s level of risk by simply glancing at RiskInDroid’s

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Pokemon GO: Pawmi Spotlight Hour Guide (Can Pawmi Be Shiny?)

Pokemon GO: Pawmi Spotlight Hour Guide (Can Pawmi Be Shiny?) 2024-03-05 at 13:48 By Diwas Budhathoki Pokemon GO is featuring Pawmi in the Spotlight Hour event, and participants wonder if they can encounter a Shiny Pawmi. The mini-event notably increases Pawmi’s wild spawn rate, helping players encounter numerous Pawmi in a small window of time.

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Pokemon GO: How To Get Shiny Captain’s Cap Pikachu And Raichu

Pokemon GO: How To Get Shiny Captain’s Cap Pikachu And Raichu 2024-03-05 at 07:02 By Diwas Budhathoki Pokemon GO is debuting Captain’s Cap Pikachu and Shiny Captain’s Cap Pikachu through the Pokemon Horizons: The Series Celebration event. Players can get the Standard and Shiny variants in different ways. Those who manage to get Shiny Captain’s

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Pokemon GO: How To Get Charcadet, Armarouge, And Ceruledge

Pokemon GO: How To Get Charcadet, Armarouge, And Ceruledge 2024-03-05 at 05:19 By Diwas Budhathoki Pokemon GO developers at Niantic are debuting Charcadet, Armarouge, and Ceruledge during the Pokemon Horizons Series Celebration event. Several in-game elements during the event include wild spawns, Egg Pokemon, in-game raids, Research quests, and more. Getting Charcadet in the game

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Pokemon GO Horizons Series Celebration – All Field Research Tasks And Rewards

Pokemon GO Horizons Series Celebration – All Field Research Tasks And Rewards 2024-03-05 at 04:32 By Diwas Budhathoki Pokemon GO is celebrating the release of the new animated series Pokemon Horizons: The Series with a new event. The event participants will encounter several new Pokemon, including Captain’s Cap Pikachu, Charcadet, Armarouge, Ceruledge, and more. Different

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