CVE-2014-5672

The NQ Mobile Security & Antivirus aka com.nqmobile.antivirus20 application 7.2.16.00 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate...

CVE-2014-5565

The CVE-2014-5565 entry concerns GadgetTrak Mobile Security (package com.activetrak.android.app) for Android, version 1.6, which does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate...

SandroRAT — Android Malware that Disguises itself as "Kaspersky Mobile Security" App

Researchers have warned users of Android devices to avoid app downloads from particularly unauthorized sources, since a new and sophisticated piece of malware is targeting Android users through phishing emails. The malware, dubbed SandroRAT, is currently being used by cybercriminals to target...

Gmail App for iOS leaves Users vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

Google has failed to provide a very important security measure in its Gmail application for iOS that left millions of its Apple device users to Man-in-the-Middle MitM attacks capable of monitoring encrypted email communications. Researcher at mobile security firm Lacoon has discovered that Google...

Cloned Android Banking App Hides Phishing Scheme

Cloned mobile applications, such as the legions of Flappy Bird knock-offs that surfaced once the popular game was removed from Google Play and the Apple App Store, are an increasingly popular malware vehicle for attackers. The risks range from loading programs that dial premium numbers at the...

Fake WeChat App Targeting Android Users with Banking Trojan

After Whatsapp, The Chinese WeChat is the second most popular messaging application and currently being targeted by cybercriminals to spread a new Banking Trojan in order to steal the financial information from its users. WeChat is a famous mobile instant messaging app developed by Chinese compan...

Android Bitcoin-Mining Malware found on Google Play Store

Google always bound to face trouble over the wide and open nature of its app checking policies on Google Play Store, and despite so many security measures, the search engine giant mostly fails to recognize the Android malware that are lurking around its Google Play store in vast numbers. Recently...

First Paid Fake Android Antivirus App Downloaded 10,000 times from Google Play Store

Well, we all are very conscious, when it comes to the security of our personal information, security of our financial data and security of everything related to us. In the world of Smart devices where our Smartphones knows more than we know ourselves. To keep our device protected from harmful...

Vodafone Germany rolls out SIM Card-based end-to-end Encryption

Since mobile has become a basic need for every common as well as important figure now a days. So, every company is highly working to find more effective ways to protect sensitive data of their users and in the race, Vodafone lead the game. In collaboration with its security partner Giesecke &...

[MobiSec] Mobile Security Testing Live Environment

The MobiSec Live Environment Mobile Testing open source project is a live environment for testing mobile environments, including devices, applications, and supporting infrastructure. The purpose is to provide attackers and defenders the ability to test their mobile environments to identify design...

Symantec discovered Android Malware Toolkit named Dendroid

Android platform is becoming vulnerable day by day and hackers always try to manipulate android by applying novel techniques. In this regard, Symantec researchers have found a new android malware toolkit named “Dendroid”. Previously Symantec found an Android Remote admin tool named AndroRAT is...

Mobile Security Audit: zANTI

zANTI is a comprehensive network diagnostics toolkit that enables complex audits and penetration tests at the push of a button. It provides cloud-based reporting that walks you through simple guidelines to ensure network safety zANTI offers a host of penetration-testing features, including...

[DVIA] Damn Vulnerable iOS Application

.png Damn Vulnerable iOS App DVIA is an iOS application that is damn vulnerable. Its main goal is to provide a platform to mobile security enthusiasts/professionals or students to test their iOS penetration testing skills in a legal environment. This application covers all the common...

Phony SSL Certs Spoof Google, Facebook, GoDaddy, others

Dozens of phony SSL certificates were discovered this week mocking legitimate certs from banks, e-commerce sites, ISPs and social networks. If a user stumbled over one of the bogus certificates on a mobile device it could put them at risk for a man-in-the-middle attack. Disguised as official...

Facebook Fixes CSRF Vulnerability in Instagram

Until last week, some parts of the API that Instagram uses were vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery CSRF attack, something that could have put photos users thought were private, out in the open. It took almost six months but Facebook, the photo sharing application’s parent company, patched...

First widely distributed Android bootkit Malware infects more than 350,000 Devices

In the last quarter of 2013, sale of a Smartphone with ANDROID operating system has increased and every second person you see is a DROID user. A Russian security firm 'Doctor Web' identified the first mass distributed Android bootkit malware called 'Android.Oldboot', a piece of malware that's...

First Ever Windows Malware that can hack your Android Mobile

Hey Android users! I am quite sure that you must be syncing your Smartphone with your PCs for transferring files and generating backup of your device. If your system is running a windows operating system, then it’s a bad news for you. Researchers have discovered a new piece of windows malware tha...

PGP Inventor announced encrypted PrivatOS based #BLACKPHONE against NSA surveillance

Mobile security may not be secure as you think. In September we have reported that the National Security Agency has the ability to access data on iOS, Android and even BlackBerry devices. Everyday a new revelation of NSA Surveillance Program makes Security and Privacy a major concern for all of u...

Cross site scripting

Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability in mobile/php/translation/index.php in LiveZilla before 5.1.1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the glanguage parameter...

Smartphones, A Perfect Cyber Espionage and Surveillance Weapon

The use of mobile devices in government environments concerns the secret service of any states, cyber espionage more often exploits the mobile platforms. Mobile devices are reason of great concern for governments, they have a great computational capability, huge memories to store our personal dat...