Cell Phone OPSEC for Border Crossings

I have heard stories of more aggressive interrogation of electronic devices at US border crossings. I know a lot about securing computers, but very little about securing phones. Are there easy ways to delete data--files, photos, etc.--on phones so it can't be recovered? Does resetting a phone to...

CVE-2025-25758

CVE-2025-25758 affects KukuFM Android app v1.12.7 (11207). The root cause is android:allowBackup="true" in AndroidManifest.xml, which can let an attacker access sensitive plaintext data. According to the provided data, this yields a high confidentiality impact (C:H) with no impact on integrity or...

CVE-2025-2355 BlackVue App API Endpoint credentials storage

A vulnerability was found in BlackVue App 3.65 on Android and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component API Endpoint Handler. The manipulation of the argument BCSTOKEN/SECRETKEY leads to unprotected storage of credentials. Local access is...

CVE-2025-2342

CVE-2025-2342 affects the IROAD X5 Mobile App (Android) up to version 5.2.5. The vulnerability targets an unknown function within the API Endpoint component, where manipulation results in hard-coded credentials. This enables a remote attack without user interaction. The incident is publicly discl...

CVE-2025-27606 Element Android PIN autologout bypass

Element Android is an Android Matrix Client provided by Element. Element Android up to version 1.6.32 can, under certain circumstances, fail to logout the user if they input the wrong PIN more than the configured amount of times. An attacker with physical access to a device can exploit this to...

CVE-2025-20926

CVE-2025-20926 affects Samsung My Files on Android 14, prior to version 15.0.07.5. Root cause: improper export of Android application components. Impact: local attackers with My Files privileges may access files within My Files. Exploitation status and in-the-wild details are not provided in the ...

Exploit for CVE-2025-25381

CVE-2025-25381: Plaintext Storage of Sensitive Information in...

Google Rolls Out AI Scam Detection for Android to Combat Conversational Fraud

Google has announced the rollout of artificial intelligence AI-powered scam detection features to secure Android device users and their personal information. "These features specifically target conversational scams, which can often appear initially harmless before evolving into harmful situations...

CVE-2025-1917

Inappropriate implementation in Browser UI in Google Chrome on Android prior to 134.0.6998.35 allowed a remote attacker to perform UI spoofing via a crafted HTML page. Chromium security severity: Medium...

CVE-2025-1940

The CVE-2025-1940 issue concerns Mozilla Firefox for Android, where a select option could partially obscure the confirmation prompt shown before launching external apps. Root cause: UI/UX could mislead users into unknowingly launching an external app. Affected: Firefox on Android, versions earlie...

Google's March 2025 Android Security Update Fixes Two Actively Exploited Vulnerabilities

Google has released its monthly Android Security Bulletin for March 2025 to address a total of 44 vulnerabilities, including two that it said have come under active exploitation in the wild. The two high-severity vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2024-43093 - A privilege escalation flaw in...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-0627

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - An information disclosure vulnerability in the kernel UVC driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. Thi...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-0663

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - A remote code execution vulnerability in libxml2 could enable an attacker using a specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code within the context of an...

Mozilla Firefox < 136.0

The version of Firefox installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is prior to 136.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the mfsa2025-14 advisory. - Malicious pages could use Firefox for Android to pass FIDO: links to the OS and trigger the hybrid passkey...

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The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices. Security patch levels of 2025-03-05 or later address all of these issues. To learn how to check a device's security patch level, see Check and update your Android version. Android partners are...

CVE-2025-0895 IBM Cognos Mobile information disclosure

IBM Cognos Analytics Mobile 1.1 for Android could allow a user with physical access to the device, to obtain sensitive information from debugging code log messages...

CVE-2025-1629 Excitel Broadband Private my Excitel App One-Time Password excessive authentication

A vulnerability was found in Excitel Broadband Private my Excitel App 3.13.0 on Android. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component One-Time Password Handler. The manipulation leads to improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. The vend...

CVE-2020-6158

Opera Mini for Android versions prior to 52.2 are vulnerable to an address bar spoofing attack, allowing a malicious page to impersonate another page and trick users into entering sensitive data. The affected component is Opera Mini’s browser rendering/address bar handling. The available sources ...

CVE-2025-25300

smartbanner.js is a customizable smart app banner for iOS and Android. Prior to version 1.14.1, clicking on smartbanner View link and navigating to 3rd party page leaves window.opener exposed. It may allow hostile third parties to abuse window.opener, e.g. by redirection or injection on the...

CVE-2025-1426

Heap buffer overflow in GPU in Google Chrome on Android prior to 133.0.6943.126 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Chromium security severity: High...