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CVE-2012-6336
The CVE-2012-6336 issue concerns Lookout’s Missing Device feature, where physically proximate attackers can feed arbitrary location data using a simple GPS location spoofer. The NVD entry characterizes the impact as partial integrity and no confidentiality/availability impact, with exploitation p...
CVE-2012-6336
The Missing Device feature in Lookout allows physically proximate attackers to provide arbitrary location data via a "commonly available simple GPS location spoofer."...
CVE-2012-6336: Undefined Security Weakness
The Missing Device feature in Lookout allows physically proximate attackers to provide arbitrary location data via a "commonly available simple GPS location spoofer."...
Report: Toll Fraud Emerges as Android's Number One Threat
Mobile malware continues to run rampant, thanks to a growing glut of toll fraud malware – apps that have been engineered to bill its victims through premium SMS services. The malware type eclipsed spyware this year as the largest application-based threat according to mobile security firm Lookout...
Root Access Vulnerability on ZTE Android Device
Certain Android devices manufactured by the China-based ZTE Corporation contain a poorly protected setuid shell that can be used to gain root-access to vulnerable devices, according to Lookout Mobile Security. Any attacker who successfully exploits the vulnerability will have complete control of...
New Android Malware Variant Can Remotely Root Phone
A new version of Android malware has been tweaked so it doesn’t require user interaction for an attacker to own the device, according to research published by Lookout Mobile Security yesterday. An updated variant of the Legacy Native LeNa malware utilizes the GingerBreak exploit to gain root...
More Apps Pulled From Android Market Over Hidden SMS Functionality
There has been another round of malicious apps discovered in the official Android Market, with this wave containing hidden functionality to send SMS messages to premium-rate numbers. The apps, which Google has pulled from the Market already, are counterfeit versions of popular games, including...
Tools Emerge to Detect Carrier IQ App
As the situation involving Carrier IQ continues to evolve and users become more aware of the software and its capabilities, a couple of tools designed to detect the application’s presence on mobile devices have emerged. Mobile-security vendor Lookout has developed an Android app that can detect...
FTC Settles Charges Against Two Companies
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday settled charges against two companies, Ceridian Corporation and Lookout Services, Inc., provided they implement an ample information security program and agree to have audits performed on their company every other year for 20 years. Despite guaranteein...
New Android Trojan Surfaces in China
Lookout Mobile Security discovered a new Android based Trojan called HongTouTou aka ADRD Trojan that is packaging itself in popular Android apps and delivering itself through app markets and Chinese forums. This piece of malware is requesting additional permissions from users and may also be...
