Security News

Powerful Android RAT impersonates Netflix app (Help Net Security)
2017-01-26 13:00

Mobile malware peddlers often make their malicious wares look like popular Android apps and push them to users through third-party app stores. The latest example of this is the fake Netflix app...

Researchers predict upsurge of Android banking malware (Help Net Security)
2017-01-23 19:55

Android users, beware: source code and instructions for creating a potent Android banking Trojan have been leaked on a hacker forum, and researchers are expecting an onslaught of malware based on...

Android Scoring System Roots Out Malicious, Harmful Apps (Threatpost)
2017-01-19 15:00

Google this week explained how it weighs potentially harmful Android apps using the Verify Apps malware scanner and a scoring system it calls Dead or Insecure.

Google Patches Android Custom Boot Mode Vulnerability (Threatpost)
2017-01-06 21:03

IBM's X-Force security team discovers a high-risk vulnerability in the Android platform opening phones up to DoS and elevation of privilege vulnerabilities.

Google Patches 29 Critical Android Vulnerabilities Including Holes in Mediaserver, Qualcomm (Threatpost)
2017-01-04 18:33

Google patched a critical hole in its problematic Android Mediaserver component that could have allowed an attacker to use email, web browsing, and MMS processing of media files to remotely execute code.

Android Trojan Switcher Infects Routers via DNS Hijacking (Threatpost)
2016-12-28 09:00

A new Android Trojan, Switcher, uses victims' devices to infect WiFi routers and funnel users of the network to malicious sites.

More Android-powered devices found with Trojans in their firmware (Help Net Security)
2016-12-13 19:18

Doctor Web researchers have discovered two types of downloader Trojans that have been incorporated in the firmware of a number of Android-powered devices. Both Trojans are capable of contacting...

Dirty Cow Vulnerability Patched in Android Security Bulletin (Threatpost)
2016-12-05 20:32

Today's Android Security Bulletin included a patch for the Dirty Cow vulnerability, a seven-year-old Linux bug that had yet to be patched by Google.

AirDroid app opens millions of Android users to device compromise (Help Net Security)
2016-12-02 15:28

Tens of millions of users of AirDroid, a remote management tool for Android, are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks that could lead to data theft and their devices being compromised through...

Gooligan Android malware used to breach a million Google accounts (Help Net Security)
2016-11-30 19:58

Check Point security researchers have revealed a new variant of Android malware, breaching the security of more than one million Google accounts. The new malware campaign, named Gooligan, roots...