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Owners of Gigaset Android phones have been repeatedly infected with malware since the end of March after threat actors compromised the vendor's update server in a supply-chain attack. Gigaset is a German manufacturer of telecommunications devices, including a series of smartphones running the Android operating system.
Researchers have discovered new Android malware that uses Netflix as its lure and spreads malware via auto-replies to received WhatsApp messages. The discovery was reported to Google, and the malware - dubbed FlixOnline - has been removed from Google Play; but the researchers expect the methodology to return and be reused in other malware.
The April 2021 Android security bulletin published this week by Google describes more than 30 vulnerabilities in the mobile operating system, including a remote code execution flaw in the System component. Tracked as CVE-2021-0430 and affecting Android 10 and 11, the code execution vulnerability is deemed critical severity.
Newly discovered Android malware found on Google's Play Store disguised as a Netflix tool is designed to auto-spread to other devices using WhatsApp auto-replies to incoming messages. Researchers at Check Point Research discovered this new malware disguised as an app named FlixOnline and trying to lure potential victims with promises of free access to Netflix content.
Google on Tuesday announced that its open source version of the Android operating system will add support for Rust programming language in a bid to prevent memory safety bugs. "The Android OS uses Java extensively, effectively protecting large portions of the Android platform from memory bugs. Unfortunately, for the lower layers of the OS, Java and Kotlin are not an option."
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered yet another piece of wormable Android malware-but this time downloadable directly from the official Google Play Store-that's capable of propagating via WhatsApp messages. Disguised as a rogue Netflix app under the name of "FlixOnline," the malware comes with features that allow it to automatically reply to a victim's incoming WhatsApp messages with a payload received from a command-and-control server.
Microsoft's digital assistant Cortana was first unveiled with Windows Phones, and it was later introduced on Android and iOS. Microsoft had even offered Cortana in its Microsoft Launcher, but they decided to remove all the consumer-centric integrations after focusing instead on enterprise customers. Due to this, Microsoft Cortana for Android and iOS never took off with mobile users.
There are still way way to many people not listening and whilst they think they msy never come to harm They forget their behaviours result in harm comming to others. So if you can stand there with the plaintext in front of you then so can somebody else who is not someone you can trust now or in the future even if they have been trustworthy in the past.
New malware with extensive spyware capabilities steals data from infected Android devices and is designed to automatically trigger whenever new info is ready for exfiltration. Zimperium researchers who spotted it said that it's capable of "Stealing data, messages, images and taking control of Android phones."
Researchers have discovered a new information-stealing trojan, which targets Android devices with an onslaught of data-exfiltration capabilities - from collecting browser searches to recording audio and phone calls. While malware on Android has previously taken the guise of copycat apps, which go under names similar to legitimate pieces of software, this sophisticated new malicious app masquerades itself as a System Update application to take control of compromised devices.