All Android Phones Vulnerable to Extremely Dangerous Full Device Takeover Attack

Researchers have discovered a new attack, dubbed 'Cloak and Dagger', that works against all versions of Android, up to version 7.1.2. Cloak and Dagger attack allows hackers to silently take full control of your device and steal private data, including keystrokes, chats, device PIN, online account...

Google Adds New Behavior-Based Malware Scanner To Every Android Device

In order to keep its billions of users safe, Google has introduced another security defense for its Android devices, called Google Play Protect. Google Play Protect, which is part of the Google Play Store app, uses machine learning and app usage analysis to weed out the dangerous and malicious...

Android Gets Security Makeover With Google Play Protect

Mobile operating system Android received a big security makeover Wednesday with the introduction of Google Play Protect. At Google I/O, Google’s annual developer conference, the company teased a major update to its security platform that consists of a mix of new features, a rebranding of existing...

Android Permissions Flaw Will Linger Until O Release

Google said Tuesday that a permissions flaw that puts Android users at a heightened risk for malware, ransomware and adware attacks will not be fixed until the release of its next mobile OS, Android O. The vulnerability impacts an undisclosed number of apps hosted on Google Play, researchers at...

Google Won't Patch A Critical Android Flaw Before ‘Android O’ Release

Millions of Android smartphones are at serious risk of "screen hijack" vulnerability that allows hackers to steal your passwords, bank details, as well as helps ransomware apps extort money from victims. The worse thing is that Google says it won't be patched until the release of 'Android O'...

SHAREit for Android Vulnerabilities - Lenovo Support US

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SHAREit for Android Vulnerabilities

Lenovo Security Advisory: LEN-6421 Potential Impact: Users with older Android versions may be vulnerable to remote code execution, or a UXSS attack and users with any Android version may be vulnerable to an intent scheme attack. Severity: High Lenovo SHAREit Application: End of Lenovo Support...

Super Free Music Player Android App Comes with Malware Infection

By Ali Raza A music app in the Google Play Store called Super Free Music Player turns out to be yet another malware-infected app that Google has missed. So far, between 5,000 and 10,000 people have downloaded it. The app was uploaded to the Play Store on March 31 this year, which means that it wa...

Beware! New Android Malware Infected 2 Million Google Play Store Users

Initially thought to be 600,000 users, the number of Android users who have mistakenly downloaded and installed malware on their devices straight from Google Play Store has reached 2 Million. Yes, about 2 Million Android users have fallen victim to malware hidden in over 40 fake companion guide...

SMSVova Spyware Hiding in 'System Update' App Ejected From Google Play Store

An Android app that falsely claimed to be a tool for keeping smartphones up-to-date with the latest version of the OS was found surreptitiously tracking the physical location of it users using spyware called SMSVova. SMSVova hides inside a bogus app called System Update and is sent commands by...

Google Play Movies & TV - Dangerous filesystem permissions, Exported ContentProvider, LGPL license vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Google Play Movies & TV published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Android Trojan Targeting Over 420 Banking Apps Worldwide Found On Google Play Store

Do you like watching funny videos online? I am not kind of a funny person, but I love watching funny videos clips online, and this is one of the best things that people can do in their spare time. But, beware if you have installed a funny video app from Google Play Store. A security researcher ha...

Google just discovered a dangerous Android Spyware that went undetected for 3 Years

An Android version of one of the most sophisticated mobile spyware has been discovered that remained undetected for at least three years due to its smart self-destruction capabilities. Dubbed Chrysaor, the Android spyware has been used in targeted attacks against activists and journalists mostly ...

Google Play Games - BSD license, ContentProvider mode not defined, Exported components vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Google Play Games published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Adware Apps Booted from Google Play

More than a dozen apps were booted from the Google Play store Wednesday after researchers discovered each were rip-offs of legitimate apps and designed to aggressively push ads on Android devices. Researchers from Zscaler spotted the rogue apps and said the crooks behind the software tried to tri...

Google Kicks Out Largest Android Adware Family From The Play Store

With the rise in the mobile market, Adware has become one of the most prevalent mobile threats in the world. Adware has traditionally been used to aggressively push ads like banners or pop-ups on mobile screens to make money. The troublesome part is that Adware is now becoming trojanized and more...

132 Google Play Apps Booted For Having Malicious IFrames

Google removed 132 apps infected with malicious iFrames from its Google Play store after security researchers discovered a development platform used to create the apps was infected with malware and in turn compromised the apps. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 researchers said the apps were infected...

Google Touts Progress in Android Security in 2016

SAN FRANCISCO–Google has a daunting task of scanning 750 million Android devices daily for threats and checking 6 billion apps for malware each day as part of its management of 1.6 billion active Android devices. The numbers are staggering for Adrian Ludwig, director of Android Security; six year...

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The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices. Alongside the bulletin, we have released a security update to Google devices through an over-the-air OTA update. The Google device firmware images have also been released to the Google Developer...

Charger Mobile Ransomware Removed from Google Play

Security researchers have identified a new and evasive mobile ransomware strain called Charger on the Google Play app store. The Charger malware was bundled with an SMS-snooping app called EnergyRescue that pawned itself off as a battery management utility, according to Check Point security...