Impact of removing vs. disabling Chrome in Android

Understand the distinction between removing and disabling Chrome on Android devices using Citrix Endpoint Management...

CISA and International Partners Release Malware Analysis Report on Infamous Chisel Mobile Malware

Today, the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-UK, the United States’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA, National Security Agency NSA, and Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI, New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre NCSC-NZ, the Canadian Centre for Cyber...

Thousands of Android Malware Apps Using Stealthy APK Compression to Evade Detection

Threat actors are using Android Package APK files with unknown or unsupported compression methods to elude malware analysis. That's according to findings from Zimperium, which found 3,300 artifacts leveraging such compression algorithms in the wild. 71 of the identified samples can be loaded on t...

Iranian Stalkerware ‘Spyhide’ Steals Data from 60,000 Android Devices

By Habiba Rashid So far, Spyhide app collected 3.3 million texts and 1.2 million call logs from compromised Android devices. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Iranian Stalkerware Spyhide Steals Data from 60,000 Android Devices...

The vulnerability of the Gunyah Resource Manager service on Android and Linux embedded platforms of Qualcomm devices allows a hacker to induce a service failure.

The vulnerability of the Gunyah Resource Manager service for Android and Linux embedded devices on Qualcomm systems is related to an uncontrolled resource consumption. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a attacker to cause a service failure by sending specially crafted messages from the...

Triada Malware Infects Android Devices via Fake Telegram App

By Waqas Fortunately, the infected version of Telegram carrying Triada malware is being distributed through third-party stores rather than the official Google Play Store. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Triada Malware Infects Android Devices via Fake Telegram App...

The vulnerability of the Bluetooth technology implementation in Android devices based on MediaTek MT8167, MT8175, and MT8183 chips allows attackers to gain increased privileges.

The vulnerability of the Bluetooth technology implementation in Android devices based on MediaTek MT8167, MT8175, and MT8183 operating systems is related to reading data beyond the buffer in memory. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow attackers to increase their privileges...

CVE-2023-21115

In btmsecencryptchange of btmsec.cc, there is a possible way to downgrade the link key type due to improperly used crypto. This could lead to paired device escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product:...

AZL-43696 CVE-2023-2976 affecting package guava20 20.0-5

Use of Java's default temporary directory for file creation in FileBackedOutputStream in Google Guava versions 1.0 to 31.1 on Unix systems and Android Ice Cream Sandwich allows other users and apps on the machine with access to the default Java temporary directory to be able to access the files...

Brute-Forcing a Fingerprint Reader

Its neither hard nor expensive: Unlike password authentication, which requires a direct match between what is inputted and whats stored in a database, fingerprint authentication determines a match using a reference threshold. As a result, a successful fingerprint brute-force attack requires only...

This Cybercrime Syndicate Pre-Infected Over 8.9 Million Android Phones Worldwide

A cybercrime enterprise known as Lemon Group is leveraging millions of pre-infected Android smartphones worldwide to carry out their malicious operations, posing significant supply chain risks. "The infection turns these devices into mobile proxies, tools for stealing and selling SMS messages,...

OilAlpha: Emerging Houthi-linked Cyber Threat Targets Arabian Android Users

A hacking group dubbed OilAlpha with suspected ties to Yemen's Houthi movement has been linked to a cyber espionage campaign targeting development, humanitarian, media, and non-governmental organizations in the Arabian peninsula. "OilAlpha used encrypted chat messengers like WhatsApp to launch...

CVE-2023-21094

In sanitize of LayerState.cpp, there is a possible way to take over the screen display and swap the display content due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for...

CVE-2023-20926

In onParentVisible of HeaderPrivacyIconsController.kt, there is a possible way to bypass factory reset protections due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with physical access to a device that's been factory reset with no additional execution privileges...

PT-2023-18645 · Unknown · Wpmobile.App

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WPMobile.App versions = 11.13 Description: A Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability has been discovered in the WPMobile.App plugin for Android and iOS mobile applications, affecting versions up to and including 11.13. This issue allows for XS...

SUSE CVE-2014-9892

The sndcomprtstamp function in sound/core/compressoffload.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 2013 devices, does not properly initialize a timestamp data structure, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted applicatio...

SUSE CVE-2014-9900

The ethtoolgetwol function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 2013 devices, does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android...

SUSE CVE-2017-5079

Inappropriate implementation in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to display UI on a non attacker controlled tab via a crafted HTML page...

CVE-2022-20235

The PowerVR GPU kernel driver maintains an "Information Page" used by its cache subsystem. This page can only be written by the GPU driver itself, but prior to DDK 1.18 however, a user-space program could write arbitrary data to the page, leading to memory corruption issues.Product:...

CVE-2022-4457 WARP client manifest misconfiguration leading to Task Hijacking

Due to a misconfiguration in the manifest file of the WARP client for Android, it was possible to a perform a task hijacking attack. An attacker could create a malicious mobile application which could hijack legitimate app and steal potentially sensitive information when installed on the victim's...