Security News

Hacking Team used fake app hosted on Google Play to install its spyware on Android devices (Help Net Security)
2015-07-17 12:39

The massive Hacking Team data leak includes the source code of a fake Android news app and instructions on how to use it, Trend Micro researchers have found. The app, dubbed BeNews after a now-defu...

Flawed Android backup mechanism can lead to injected malicious apps (Help Net Security)
2015-07-13 12:26

A flaw (CVE-2014-7952) in Android's backup/restore mechanism can be exploited by knowledgeable developers to "respawn" malicious apps on phones, and make them gain top-level access and potentially dan...

Week in review: HackingTeam breach and consequences, and Android games unmasked as phishing tools (Help Net Security)
2015-07-13 05:45

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: Hacking Team hacked, 400GB+ of company documents and emails leaked Hacking Team, the (in)famous Italian company that...