Security News

158% increase in Android platform vulnerabilities (Help Net Security)
2016-11-30 12:30

A new Quick Heal report reveals an increase in vulnerabilities on the Android platform, as well as a 33 percent rise in mobile ransomware. Researchers also found a slight decrease in Potentially...

Backdoor Found in Firmware of Some Android Devices (Threatpost)
2016-11-21 20:20

Attackers could exploit over-the-air updates in three million Android devices to remotely execute commands with root privileges via a man-in-the-middle (MiTM) attack.

Over 2.8 million cheap Android smartphones come with preinstalled backdoor (Help Net Security)
2016-11-21 20:19

If you’re using a cheap Android smartphone manufactured or sold by BLU, Infinix, Doogee, Leagoo, IKU, Beeline or Xolo, you are likely wide open to Man-in-the-Middle attacks that can result in your...

German Android users bombarded with banking malware masquerading as legitimate apps (Help Net Security)
2016-11-21 15:22

Fortinet researcher Kai Lu warns of a fake email app that is capable of stealing login credentials from 15 different mobile banking apps for German banks. “Once this malicious app is installed and...

Dangerous Android threat points to Italian spyware maker (Help Net Security)
2016-11-16 20:07

A piece of Android spyware recently analyzed by researchers with the RedNaga Security team seemed to be yet another Hacking Team spying tool but, according to more recent revelations, another...

OAuth2.0 implementation flaw allows attackers to pop Android users’ accounts (Help Net Security)
2016-11-08 21:03

Incorrect OAuth2.0 implementation by third party mobile app developers has opened users of those apps to account compromise, three researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong have...