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Google has released the June 2022 security updates for Android devices running OS versions 10, 11, and 12, fixing 41 vulnerabilities, five rated critical. The security update is separated into two levels, released on June 1 and June 5.
Security researchers are warning of an Android malware named SMSFactory that adds unwanted costs to the phone bill by subscribing victims to premium services. The number of its victims is unclear but attempts to infect Android devices have been recorded for tens of thousands of Android users protected by Avast security products in at least eight countries.
A critical security flaw has been uncovered in UNISOC's smartphone chipset that could be potentially weaponized to disrupt a smartphone's radio communications through a malformed packet. "Left unpatched, a hacker or a military unit can leverage such a vulnerability to neutralize communications in a specific location," Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point said in a report shared with The Hacker News.
The ten most prolific Android mobile banking trojans target 639 financial applications that collectively have over one billion downloads on the Google Play Store. Mobile banking trojans hide behind seemingly benign apps like productivity tools and games and commonly sneak into the Google Play Store, Android's official app store.
The threat actor known as SideWinder has added a new custom tool to its arsenal of malware that's being used in phishing attacks against Pakistani public and private sector entities. The custom tool identified by Group-IB, dubbed SideWinder.
An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries has culminated in the takedown of a notorious mobile malware threat called FluBot. "This Android malware has been spreading aggressively through SMS, stealing passwords, online banking details and other sensitive information from infected smartphones across the world," Europol said in a statement.
Europol has announced the takedown of the FluBot operation, one of the largest and fastest-growing Android malware operations in existence. The malware operation's takedown resulted from a law enforcement operation involving eleven countries following a complex technical investigation to pinpoint FluBot's most critical infrastructure.
Another link discovered by Group-IB downloaded from Google Play, the official Android app store, a fake version of the 'Secure VPN' app, which is still present on Google Play at the time of writing and has just over 10 downloads. The researchers note that the description available for SideWinder's fake Secure VPN app has been copied from the legitimate NordVPN app.
An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries has disrupted the spreading of the FluBot Android malware, which spreads via SMS and MMS and steals sensitive information - passwords, online banking details, etc. The Dutch Police, who took control of the malware's infrastructure earlier in May, made the malware inactive.
A rapidly evolving IoT malware dubbed "EnemyBot" is targeting content management systems, web servers and Android devices. The Alien lab research team study found four main sections of the malware.