Cheetah Mobile Blames SDKs for Rampant Ad Fraud in Its Android Apps

Cheetah Mobile is finding itself in a swirl of media attention after being accused of developing mobile apps that contain deliberate ad fraud features. But the mobile giant says it didn’t do it. The Chinese developer, which is listed as a top provider in Google Play’s tool app category, offers...

8 Popular Android Apps Caught Up In Million-Dollar Ad Fraud Scheme

Cheetah Mobile —a prominent Chinese app company, known for its popular utility apps like Clean Master and Battery Doctor—and one of its subsidiary Kika Tech have allegedly been caught up in an Android ad fraud scheme that stole millions of dollars from advertisers. According to app analytics firm...

‘Domestic Kitten’ Mobile Spyware Campaign Aims at Iranian Targets

A mobile spyware campaign against mainly Iranian citizens has been spotted – with evidence that the Iranian government might be involved. The operation is dubbed Domestic Kitten by Check Point researchers — “kitten” to follow common APT nomenclature for Iranian groups and “domestic” because they...

Google Solves Update Issue for Android Apps Installed from Unknown Sources

If you are wondering how to receive latest updates for an Android app—installed via a 3rd party source or peer-to-peer app sharing—directly from Google Play Store. For security reasons, until now apps installed from third-party sources cannot be updated automatically over-the-air, as Google does...

These Chrome extensions & Android apps collect your Facebook data

By Waqas The data collection is not limited to Facebook but also This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: These Chrome extensions & Android apps collect your Facebook data...

COPPA Compliance

Interesting research: "'Won't Somebody Think of the Children?' Examining COPPA Compliance at Scale": Abstract: We present a scalable dynamic analysis framework that allows for the automatic evaluation of the privacy behaviors of Android apps. We use our system to analyze mobile apps' compliance...

Google Play Removes 22 Malicious ‘LightsOut’ Apps From Marketplace

Nearly two dozen Android flashlight and related utility apps were removed from the Google Play marketplace after researchers found a malicious advertising component dubbed “LightsOut” inside them. In total, the apps were downloaded between 1.5 and 7.5 million times. Security researchers at Check...

AndroTickler - Penetration Testing and Auditing Toolkit for Android Apps

A java tool that helps to pentest Android apps faster, more easily and more efficiently. AndroTickler offers many features of information gathering, static and dynamic checks that cover most of the aspects of Android apps pentesting. It also offers several features that pentesters need during the...

Still Stealing

Two years ago in October 2015 we published a blogpost about a popular malware that was being distributed from the Google Play Store. Over the next two years we detected several similar apps on Google Play, but in October and November 2017 we found 85 new malicious apps on Google Play that are...

Google Cracks Down On Nosy Android Apps

Google is cracking down on unwanted and harmful Android apps with a new effort that will show warnings on applications and on third-party websites distributing apps that collect personal data without user consent. The effort is an expansion of the Google Safe Browsing team’s mission to enforce th...

Android Apps Infected with Sockbot Malware Turn Devices into Botnet

By Waqas Cybercriminals apparently are well aware of the fact that Minecraft This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android Apps Infected with Sockbot Malware Turn Devices into Botnet...

Google Play Store Launches Bug Bounty Program to Protect Popular Android Apps

Better late than never. Google has finally launched a bug bounty program for Android apps on Google Play Store, inviting security researchers to find and report vulnerabilities in some of the most popular Android apps. Dubbed "Google Play Security Reward," the bug bounty program offers security...

Android Apps Infected with ExpensiveWall Malware Downloaded 21M Times

By Uzair Amir Time and again we have witnessed the reality to be This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android Apps Infected with ExpensiveWall Malware Downloaded 21M Times...

Thousands of Android Apps Infected with SonicSpy Spyware

By Uzair Amir Google Play is believed to be the best platform for This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Thousands of Android Apps Infected with SonicSpy Spyware...

androidappsapk.co XSS vulnerability

Vulnerable URL: https://androidappsapk.co/search/%22%3E%3Csvg%20onload=alert%22OPENBUGBOUNTY%22%3E/ Details: Description| Value ---|--- Patched:| No Latest check for patch:| 30.10.2017 Vulnerability type:| XSS Vulnerability status:| Publicly disclosed Alexa Rank| Unknown / Not calculated VIP...

XenMobile MDX Service

You can use the XenMobile MDX Service to prepare iOS and Android mobile apps by wrapping the apps with MDX, an app container technology. You then manage the apps with XenMobile. You can use the XenMobile MDX Service to wrap apps created within your organization or to wrap the Citrix XenMobile App...

Code injection

The Android Apps Money Forward prior to v7.18.0, Money Forward for The Gunma Bank prior to v1.2.0, Money Forward for SHIGA BANK prior to v1.2.0, Money Forward for SHIZUOKA BANK prior to v1.4.0, Money Forward for SBI Sumishin Net Bank prior to v1.6.0, Money Forward for Tokai Tokyo Securities prior...

Design/Logic Flaw

The Android Apps Money Forward prior to v7.18.0, Money Forward for The Gunma Bank prior to v1.2.0, Money Forward for SHIGA BANK prior to v1.2.0, Money Forward for SHIZUOKA BANK prior to v1.4.0, Money Forward for SBI Sumishin Net Bank prior to v1.6.0, Money Forward for Tokai Tokyo Securities prior...

CVE-2016-4839

The Android Apps Money Forward prior to v7.18.0, Money Forward for The Gunma Bank prior to v1.2.0, Money Forward for SHIGA BANK prior to v1.2.0, Money Forward for SHIZUOKA BANK prior to v1.4.0, Money Forward for SBI Sumishin Net Bank prior to v1.6.0, Money Forward for Tokai Tokyo Securities prior...

CVE-2016-4838

The Android Apps Money Forward prior to v7.18.0, Money Forward for The Gunma Bank prior to v1.2.0, Money Forward for SHIGA BANK prior to v1.2.0, Money Forward for SHIZUOKA BANK prior to v1.4.0, Money Forward for SBI Sumishin Net Bank prior to v1.6.0, Money Forward for Tokai Tokyo Securities prior...