An Established Solution for Mobile Threats

As much as smartphones and applications have evolved over the years, so has mobile malware. We’re seeing an increasing number of threats—from mobile ransomware and auto-clicking adware to dangerous backdoors that can compromise your privacy. And there are also legitimate personal applications tha...

The four mainstream Android phone manufacturers the BootLoader in the presence of multiple flaws vulnerability-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

University of California, Santa Barbara 9 the researchers found that the four mainstream chip manufacturers of the Android bootloader component the presence of multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities can lead to the phone chain of trust during the boot process is compromised, so that the...

Hacking a Phone Through a Replacement Touchscreen

Researchers demonstrated a really clever hack: they hid malware in a replacement smart phone screen. The idea is that you would naively bring your smart phone in for repair, and the repair shop would install this malicious screen without your knowledge. The malware is hidden in touchscreen...

THN Weekly Roundup — 10 Most Important Stories You Shouldn't Miss

Here we are with our weekly roundup, briefing this week's top cyber security threats, incidents and challenges. This week has been very short with big news from shutting down of two of the largest Dark Web marketplaces and theft of millions of dollars in the popular Ethereum cryptocurrency to the...

Legal Robot: Missing link to TOTP manual enroll option

While going live with additional 2FA options, a security researcher discovered that during TOTP enrollment, only a barcode was displayed to users, no TOTP manual enroll option with a printed base32 secret was provided for non-smartphone users...

Fedora 24 : libmtp (2017-d26266eb32)

libmtp 1.1.13 ============= Christophe Vu-Brugier 1 : - added GoPro HERO5 Black Emeric Grange 2 : - added GoPro HERO5 Session - rename F5321 into XPeria X Compact Gaute Hope 2 : - add GoPro Hero+ - add mtp-detect for GoPro Hero+ Jerry Zhang 1 : - Update Google device strings, add PTP+ADB id Marcu...

Telegram-Controlled Hacking Tool Targets SQL Injection at Scale

A black market hacking tool has the potential to rapidly conduct website scans for SQL injection vulnerabilities at a large scale, all managed from a smartphone through the Telegram messenger. The Katyusha Scanner is a relative newcomer available to black hats that surfaced in early April. It’s a...

TP-Link Fixes Code Execution Vulnerability in End of Life Routers

Router manufacturer TP-Link recently fixed a vulnerability in a discontinued line of routers that if exploited could have been used to execute code on the device. Researchers at Senrio, a firm that specializes in IoT security, uncovered a logic vulnerability in a configuration service present in...

It's Insanely Easy to Bypass Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Scanner with a Photo

Samsung recently launched its new flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, with both Facial and IRIS Recognition features, making it easier for users to unlock their smartphone and signing into websites. We already knew that the Galaxy S8's facial unlock feature could be easily...

EntertainTV mobil (Smartphone) - BSD license, Customized SSL, LGPL license vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application EntertainTV mobil Smartphone published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Shadow Brokers, Who Leaked WannaCry SMB Exploit, Are Back With More 0-Days

The infamous hacking collective Shadow Brokers – the one who leaked the Windows SMB exploit in public that led to last weekend's WannaCrypt menace – are back, this time, to cause more damage. In typically broken English, the Shadow Brokers published a fresh statement with full of frustration a fe...

Criminals are Now Exploiting SS7 Flaws to Hack Smartphone Two-Factor Authentication Systems

I've previously written about the serious vulnerabilities in the SS7 phone routing system. Basically, the system doesn't authenticate messages. Now, criminals are using it to hack smartphone-based two-factor authentication systems: In short, the issue with SS7 is that the network believes whateve...

Hundreds of Apps Using Ultrasonic Signals to Silently Track Smartphone Users

Your smartphone may have some apps that are continuously listening inaudible, high-frequency ultrasonic sounds from your surroundings and they know where you go, what you like and dislike — all without your knowledge. Ultrasonic Cross-Device Tracking is a new technology that some marketers and...

Insecure Apps that Open Ports Leave Millions of Smartphones at Risk of Hacking

A team of researchers from the University of Michigan discovered that hundreds of applications in Google Play Store have a security hole that could potentially allow hackers to steal data from and even implant malware on millions of Android smartphones. The University of Michigan team says that t...

Patched Flaw in Bosch Diagnostic Dongle Allowed Researchers to Shut Off Engine

Two vulnerabilities were identified in Bosch’s Drivelog Connect OBD-II dongle and smartphone app that allowed researchers to shut off the engine of a vehicle. One of the issues was patched via server-side fix, Bosch said in an April 13 statement, while the other in the dongle itself will be handl...

Phone Hack Uses Sensors To Steal PINs

University researchers have created a method to steal a smartphone user’s PIN by leveraging sensor data generated by the targeted phone. Researchers say the method has a 74 percent success rate when it comes to accurately determining four-digit PIN data inputted by a phone’s owner. Researchers fr...

Hackers Can Steal Your Passwords Just by Monitoring SmartPhone Sensors

Do you know how many kinds of sensors your smartphone has inbuilt? And what data they gather about your physical and digital activities? An average smartphone these days is packed with a wide array of sensors such as GPS, Camera, microphone, accelerometer, magnetometer, proximity, gyroscope,...

Baseband Zero Day Exposes Millions of Mobile Phones to Attack

MIAMI—A previously undisclosed baseband vulnerability impacting Huawei smartphones, laptop WWAN modules and IoT components was revealed Thursday at the Infiltrate Conference by researcher Ralf-Phillip Weinmann, managing director at security firm Comsecuris. In one attack scenario, the vulnerabili...

Millions Of Smartphones Using Broadcom Wi-Fi Chip Can Be Hacked Over-the-Air

Millions of smartphones and smart gadgets, including Apple iOS and many Android handsets from various manufacturers, equipped with Broadcom Wifi chips are vulnerable to over-the-air hijacking without any user interaction. Just yesterday, Apple rushed out an emergency iOS 10.3.1 patch update to...

Somebody is watching you: IP camera, TV and Emma Watson’s smartphone

Today I want to talk today about privacy in a most natural sense. You probably have an internet-connected device with camera an microphone: smartphone, tablet, smart TV, ip camera, baby monitor, etc. - Can it be used to record video/audio and spy on you? - Of course, yes! - Only government and...