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Local Root Exploit on Lenovo VIBE Mobile Phones - us
Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-15823 Potential Impact: Elevation of Privilege Severity: Medium Scope of Impact: Lenovo specific CVE Identifier: CVE-2017-3748, CVE-2017-3749, CVE-2017-3750 Summary Description: Vulnerabilities have been identified on Lenovo VIBE Mobile Phones that allow the user or ...
Google Removes Two Ztorg Trojans from Play Marketplace
Google, for the second time this month, has removed malicious apps from Google Play that could have laid the groundwork for an attacker to root infected devices. A researcher with Kaspersky Lab on Tuesday described how attackers managed to evade settings set in place by Google Play’s VerifyApps...
First Android-Rooting Trojan With Code Injection Ability Found On Google Play Store
A new Android-rooting malware with an ability to disable device’ security settings in an effort to perform malicious tasks in the background has been detected on the official Play Store. What's interesting? The app was smart enough to fool Google security mechanism by first pretending itself to b...
Linux Kernel 3.11 < 4.8 0 - SO_SNDBUFFORCE & SO_RCVBUFFORCE Local Privilege Escalation Exploi
Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits // CAPNETADMIN - root LPE exploit for CVE-2016-9793 // No KASLR, SMEP or SMAP bypass included // Affected kernels: 3.11 - 4.8 // Tested in QEMU only // https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2016-9793 // // Usage: // gcc...
Google just discovered a dangerous Android Spyware that went undetected for 3 Years
An Android version of one of the most sophisticated mobile spyware has been discovered that remained undetected for at least three years due to its smart self-destruction capabilities. Dubbed Chrysaor, the Android spyware has been used in targeted attacks against activists and journalists mostly ...
Verizon to pre-install a 'Spyware' app on its Android phones to collect user data
If the death of online privacy rules wasn't enough for Internet Service Providers and advertisers to celebrate, Verizon has planned to pre-install spyware on customers' Android devices in order to collect their personal data. The telecom giant has partnered with Evie Launcher to bring a new...
Google Android - get_user/put_user (Metasploit)
This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require 'msf/core' require 'rex' class MetasploitModule "Android getuser/putuser Exploit", 'Description' = %q This module exploits a missing check in the getuser and...
Researchers Show How to Steal Tesla Car by Hacking into Owner's Smartphone
New technology is always a little scary, so are Smart Cars. From GPS system and satellite radio to wireless locks, steering, brakes, and accelerator, today vehicles are more connected to networks than ever, and so they are more hackable than ever. It's not new for security researchers to hack...
Phony Pokémon GO Android App Gave Attackers Root Access
A rogue and malicious app that billed itself as a “Guide for Pokémon GO” managed to make it into Google Play’s marketplace. Once installed, the malware-laced app gave attackers root access to any Android device it was installed on. The app, actually a Trojan in disguise, contained a nasty piece o...
HummingBad Android Malware Connected to YiSpecter iOS Attacks
The same group of cybercriminals behind a strain of iOS malware uncovered last year have apparently diversified and now dabble in Android malware. The group, dubbed Yingmob, has been running a malware campaign named HummingBad that controls 10 million Android devices globally and rakes in $300,00...
This Android Hacking Group is making $500,000 per day
Own an Android smartphone? Hackers can secretly install malicious apps, games, and pop-up adverts on your smartphone remotely in order to make large sums of money. Security researchers at Cheetah Mobile have uncovered one of the world's largest and most prolific Trojan families, infecting million...
Google Play Hit With Rash of Auto-Rooting Malware
Researchers have identified a recent wave of malware targeting the Google Play app marketplace that entices users to download utilities and games that when installed surreptitiously root devices. The exploit, which mobile security firm Lookout calls autorooting malware, gives attackers complete...
Dozens of Malicious Apps on Play Store can Root & Hack 90% of Android Devices
It's not at all surprising that the Google Play Store is surrounded by a large number of malicious apps that has the ability to gain users' attention into falling victim for one, but this time, it is even worse than most people realize. Researchers at Trend Micro have detected a family of malicio...
April 2016 Google Android Nexus Security Bulletin
Google has patched a vulnerability being exploited in the wild to root Nexus 5 Android devices. The public exploit—a rooting application—was privately disclosed to Google on March 15 by Zimperium researchers, and a less than a month after CORE Team researchers reported that CVE-2015-1805, which w...
Nexus Security Bulletin—April 2016Stay organized with collectionsSave and categorize content based on your preferences.
We have released a security update to Nexus devices through an over-the-air OTA update as part of our Android Security Bulletin Monthly Release process. The Nexus firmware images have also been released to the Google Developer site. Security Patch Levels of April 02, 2016 or later address these...
Root android without PC - Base64 encoded String, Dangerous filesystem permissions, Exported ContentProvider vulnerabilities
HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Root android without PC published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...
Android Rooting Application Emergency Patch
A rooting application has been found in the wild targeting Nexus mobile devices using a local privilege escalation vulnerability patched two years ago in the Linux kernel that remains unpatched in Android. Researchers at Zimperium, the same company that discovered last summer’s Stagefright flaws...
Android Security Advisory — 2016-03-18Stay organized with collectionsSave and categorize content based on your preferences.
Android Security Advisories are supplemental to the Nexus Security Bulletins. Refer to our summary page for more information about Security Advisories. Summary Google has become aware of a rooting application using an unpatched local elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel on some...
Shuanet Adware Roots Android Devices
A new strain of adware buried in repackaged popular Android applications is able to root devices and earn its keepers a tidy $2 per installation. Shuanet behaves more like malware and shares some heritage with two other adware families—Kemoge and Shedun—that also root devices and give their...
Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso Wrap Up Black Hat and DEF CON 2014
Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso look back on the news from the last week in Las Vegas at Black Hat and DEF CON, including the Blackphone rooting, the Computrace research and the more upbeat mood at the conferences this year. Download: digitalunderground162.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalves Image via Bla...