Gello: Cyanogen's Customizable Web Browser for Android

Get ready for a new Android Browser! Android ROM developer CyanogenMod has announced that it is working on a new browser for Android devices. Dubbed Gello, the open-source browser is based on Google's Chromium project and includes a ton of customization options for Android. The team provided a...

Google Launches Android Security Rewards For Nexus Devices

Google today announced that it has expanded the scope of its vulnerability rewards program to include the latest versions of its Nexus mobile devices, dangling thousands of dollars in front of researchers willing to hunt not only for vulnerabilities but also develop bypasses for native Android...

Google Fix for Android Memory Leakage Issue In The Works

Google is prepping a fix for Android users that addresses a meddlesome memory leakage issue that’s plagued some device users since the end of last year. The issue, present in versions 5.0.1 and 5.1 of the mobile operating system code-named Lollipop, has been causing irregular application activity...

Android Browser File Theft

This module steals the cookie, password, and autofill databases from the Browser application on AOSP 4.3 and below. This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework class MetasploitModule 'Android Browser File Theft',...

Google Play Bug Can Allow Code Execution

Using a combination of vulnerabilities in the Google Play store and the Android stock browser, attackers can install malicious apps remotely on some Android devices. The attack is the result of a failure on the part of Google’s Play Store Web application to completely enforce the X-Frame-Options...

Android Browser RCE Through Google Play Store XFO

This module combines two vulnerabilities to achieve remote code execution on affected Android devices. First, the module exploits CVE-2014-6041, a Universal Cross-Site Scripting UXSS vulnerability present in versions of Android's open source stock browser the AOSP Browser prior to 4.4. Second, th...

Google Engineer Explains Company's Decision Not to Patch Bug in Older Android Versions

Google has taken quite a bit of heat in recent weeks for its decision not to patch a vulnerability in the WebView component of Android in older versions, leaving hundreds of millions of users exposed to potential attacks. Now, a Google engineer is explaining the company’s reasoning, saying that...

Google Won't Patch WebView Prior to Android Jelly Bean

Hackers may have a perpetual shooting gallery of unpatched Android vulnerabilities at their disposal after it was disclosed today that Google no longer will provide WebView patches for older versions of its operating system. Researchers at Rapid7 have made mincemeat of WebView in Android Jelly...

Hacking Facebook Accounts Using Android 'Same Origin Policy' Vulnerability

A serious security vulnerability has been discovered in the default web browser of the Android OS lower than 4.4 running on a large number of Android devices that allows an attacker to bypass the Same Origin Policy SOP. The Android Same Origin Policy SOP vulnerability CVE-2014-6041 was first...

Flaw in Android Browser Allows Same Origin Policy Bypass

There’s a serious vulnerability in pre-4.4 versions of Android that allows an attacker to read the contents of other tabs in a browser when a user visits a page the attacker controls. The flaw is present in a huge percentage of the Android devices in use right now, and there’s now a Metasploit...

Android Vulnerability Bypasses App's Digital Signature

A vulnerability exists in the Android code base that would allow a hacker to modify a legitimate, digitally signed Android application package file APK and not break the app’s cryptographic signature—an action that would normally set off a red flag that something is amiss. Researchers at startup...

Android Smishing Vulnerability Found in Android Open Source Project Firmware

A vulnerability discovered in the Android Open Source Project enables malicious applications to send SMS messages without user permission across all recent Android platforms. While no exploits are active in the wild, one could be built that could be at the center of various SMS phishing, or...

CVE-2012-2808 : Android 4.0.4 DNS poisoning vulnerability Exposed

Android's DNS resolver is vulnerable to DNS poisoning due to weak randomness in its implementation. Researchers Roee Hay & Roi Saltzman from IBM Application Security Research Group demonstrate that how an attacker can successfully guess the nonce of the DNS request with a probability thatis su...

Security Enhanced (SE) Android Released by National Security Agency (NSA)

Security Enhanced SE Android Released by National Security Agency NSA The National Security Agency NSA releases the first version of Android Security Enhanced . The system is designed to minimize the impact of security holes on Android . SE Android project is enabling the use of SELinux in Androi...