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Twitter has fixed a vulnerability in its Android app, which could have enabled attackers to access private Twitter data, like direct messages on Android devices. The flaw is related to an underlying Android operating system security issue, which affects operating system versions 8 and 9, said Twitter.
Overall, 54 high-severity flaws were patched as part of Google's August security updates for the Android operating system, released on Monday. The RCE flaw, the most serious of these flaws, exists in the Android Framework, which is a set of APIs - consisting of system tools and user interface design tools - that allow developers to quickly and easily write apps for Android phones.
Google has emitted the August edition of its Android software security updates. Three such vulnerabilities were patched in the Media Framework, two in the Android System files and two in Framework.
Google on Monday announced the August 2020 security updates for the Android operating system, with patches for a total of more than 50 vulnerabilities. The 2020-08-01 security patch level addresses 14 high-severity vulnerabilities in the Framework, Media Framework, and System components.
Open source expert Jack Wallen lists the apps he considers a must-have for every Android user. Although you might be able to get by for awhile by only using the stock apps included with the Android operating system, you'll very quickly find yourself needing more.
Chinese drone giant Da Jiang Innovations on Thursday responded to the disclosure of security issues discovered by researchers in one of its Android applications. DJI has always denied these accusations and it has pointed to analysis conducted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Booz Allen Hamilton, which shows that there is no evidence the company's government and professional drones send user data to DJI, China or other third parties.
Let me show you how to access the options and how to enable the feature from the Android lock screen. The first thing to do is to enable guest accounts from the lock screen.
Microsoft's range of Defender Advanced Threat Protection endpoint security tools recently added a new family member, with the preview release of Microsoft Defender ATP for Android. Previewing Android security in Microsoft Defender ATP. Defender ATP for Android is intended to keep relatively loose control over unmanaged devices.
Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered a new strain of banking malware that targets not only banking apps but also steals data and credentials from social networking, dating, and cryptocurrency apps-a total of 337 non-financial Android applications on its target list. Dubbed "BlackRock" by ThreatFabric researchers, which discovered the trojan in May, its source code is derived from a leaked version of Xerxes banking malware, which itself is a strain of the LokiBot Android banking trojan that was first observed during 2016-2017.
Cybersecurity researchers today uncovered a new strain of banking malware that targets not only banking apps but also steals data and credentials from social networking, dating, and cryptocurrency apps-a total of 337 non-financial Android applications on its target list. Dubbed "BlackRock" by ThreatFabric researchers, which discovered the trojan in May, its source code is derived from a leaked version of Xerxes banking malware, which itself is a strain of the LokiBot Android banking trojan that was first observed during 2016-2017.