Security News

Kaspersky: Malware Found Hiding in Popular Android App
2019-09-03 17:33

CamScanner App Contained Dropper' Attack Code, Researchers SayResearchers at Kaspersky discovered malware hiding in advertising within a recent version of the popular CamScanner app for Android...

iPhone attack may have targeted Android and Windows too
2019-09-03 14:47

A sophisticated and sustained watering hole attack affecting iPhones may have targeted Windows and Android too.

Android RAT Exclusively Targets Brazil
2019-09-02 14:59

A newly discovered Android remote access Trojan (RAT) is specifically targeting users in Brazil, Kaspersky reports.

Nokia and Lenovo lead global survey on regularity of Android brand software and security updates
2019-08-30 16:45

As more people keep their smartphones for longer, the survey found that most companies are failing to update older versions.

Botnet targets set-top boxes using Android OS
2019-08-30 12:07

Production systems aren't supposed to have the ADB turned on, but some set-top boxes do.

Google will pay for data abuse reports related to popular Android apps, Chrome extensions
2019-08-30 08:46

Google is expanding the Google Play Security Reward Program (GPSRP) to include all apps in Google Play with 100 million or more installs, and is launching a new Developer Data Protection Reward...

Google takes little more responsibility for its Android world, will cough up bounties for mega-popular app bugs
2019-08-29 22:14

Payouts extended to anything with more than 100m installs Google is expanding its Android bug-bounty program to cover not just holes in the web giant's apps but also vulnerabilities in third-party...

Time to spin the wheel of pwnage! This week, malware can infect your…. Android set-top box!
2019-08-28 11:13

IoT botnets move into the home theater market in search of low-hanging fruit Set-top tuner boxes have become the infection vector in the spread of Internet of Things malware.…

Android 10 coming soon, with important privacy upgrades
2019-08-28 10:49

It's semi-official: Android 10 (née Q), the next version of the Android operating system, could start shipping 3 September.

Android PDF app with just 100m downloads caught sneaking malware into mobes
2019-08-28 05:20

Scram CamScanner, says Kaspersky An Android PDF maker with more than 100 million downloads from the official Play Store has been caught silently installing malware on victims' phones.…