Security News

PIN-changing, screen-locking Android ransomware (Help Net Security)
2015-09-10 13:28

A sophisticated new piece of ransomware targeting Android users and locking them out of their devices by changing the PIN has been discovered by ESET researchers. Masquerading as an app for viewing...

Attack code for critical Android Stagefright flaw published (Help Net Security)
2015-09-10 09:34

After having graciously waited for quite a while to publish the exploit for the Android Stagefright vulnerability (CVE-2015-1538) so that Google, mobile carriers and device manufacturers might push ou...

Attack code exploiting Androids critical Stagefright bugs is now public (ArsTechnica)
2015-09-09 20:50

Mobile Security Framework (MobSF) - Automated Mobile Application (Android iOS) Pentesting Framework (Reddit)
2015-09-09 19:50

Android Stagefright Exploit Released (SecurityWeek)
2015-09-09 17:50

Android Stagefright Exploit Code Released to Public (Threatpost)
2015-09-09 16:06

Exploit code for the Android Stagefright vulnerability was made public, and researcher Joshua Drake hopes organizations will test Android systems and devices against the code.

Don't Panic, But Android Stagefright Attack Code Is Now Public (Forbes)
2015-09-09 15:25

New Android malware could inflict $250,000 of losses (Help Net Security)
2015-09-09 10:37

Bitdefender has uncovered CAPTCHA-bypassing Android malware, purposefully left in Google Play apps by unscrupulous developers, with the aim of subscribing thousands of users to premium-rate services. ...

Adblock Plus Google Play exile ends, launches ioS, Android browser (ZDNet)
2015-09-08 14:50

Android ransomware masquerades as Adult Player app, takes photo of victim (Help Net Security)
2015-09-08 09:37

A new mobile ransomware variant uses a clever new technique to push affected users to pay the asked-for ransom: it takes a photo of the user with the phone's front-facing camera, and inserts that phot...