Google Silently Adds 'Panic Detection Mode" to Android 7.1 – How It's Useful

How often do you click the 'back' or the ‘Home’ button on your mobile device to exit an application immediately? I believe, several times in a single day because a large number of apps do not have an exit button to directly force-close them instead of going back and back and back until they exit...

SandJacking Attack Puts iOS Devices At Risk to Rogue Apps

Apple has yet to patch a vulnerability disclosed during last week’s Hack in the Box hacker conference in Amsterdam that allows an attacker with physical access—even on the latest versions of iOS—to swap out legitimate apps with malicious versions undetected on the device. Researcher Chilik Tamir ...

Android malware loaded with Linux kernel privilege escalation exploit

Malware authors are notorious for quickly leveraging new exploits in the public domain for nefarious purposes. A recently discovered Linux kernel Local privilege escalation exploit, which allows attackers to gain complete control of infected devices, has been ported to the Android smartphone...

Chrome for Android - Download Function Information Disclosure

CVE Number: CVE-2012-4906 Title: Chrome for Android - Download Function Information Disclosure Affected Software: Confirmed on Chrome for Android v18.0.1025123 Credit: Takeshi Terada Issue Status: v18.0.1025308 was released which fixes this vulnerability Overview: Rogue Android apps can steal...

Facebook Developer Verification Won't Stop Rogue Apps

Looking to clamp down on the escalation of malicious apps on its popular social network, Facebook will now require that every developer to verify their Facebook account by providing a mobile phone number or adding a credit card to their account. While this is clearly a step in the right direction...