Android Spyware Linked to Chinese SDK Forces Google to Boot 500 Apps

More than 500 Android mobile apps have been removed from Google Play after it was discovered that an embedded advertising SDK could be leveraged to quietly install spyware on devices. The SDK, called Igexin, was developed by a Chinese company and may have been used to install malware that could,...

Security Advisory - Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Huawei Honor 5S Smart Phones

Huawei Honor 5S smart phones have an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of some components. An attacker can get a user's smart phone and install malicious apps in the mobile phone, allowing the attacker to reset the password and fingerprint of the phone without...

APKiD - Android Application Identifier for Packers, Protectors, Obfuscators and Oddities

APKiD gives you information about how an APK was made. It identifies many compilers, packers, obfuscators, and other weird stuff. It's PEiD for Android. For more information on what this tool can be used for, check out: Android Compiler Fingerprinting Detecting Pirated and Malicious Android Apps...

Google Detects Dangerous Spyware Apps On Android Play Store

Security researchers at Google have discovered a new family of deceptive Android spyware that can steal a whole lot of information on users, including text messages, emails, voice calls, photos, location data, and other files, and spy on them. Dubbed Lipizzan, the Android spyware appears to be...

New Ransomware Threatens to Send Your Internet History & Private Pics to All Your Friends

After WannaCry and Petya ransomware outbreaks, a scary but rather creative new strain of ransomware is spreading via bogus apps on the Google Play Store, this time targeting Android mobile users. Dubbed LeakerLocker, the Android ransomware does not encrypt files on victim's device, unlike...

Google Silently Adds 'Panic Detection Mode" to Android 7.1 – How It's Useful

How often do you click the 'back' or the ‘Home’ button on your mobile device to exit an application immediately? I believe, several times in a single day because a large number of apps do not have an exit button to directly force-close them instead of going back and back and back until they exit...

Design/Logic Flaw

In Flatpak before 0.8.7, a third-party app repository could include malicious apps that contain files with inappropriate permissions, for example setuid or world-writable. The files are deployed with those permissions, which would let a local attacker run the setuid executable or write to the...

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9780

In Flatpak before 0.8.7, a third-party app repository could include malicious apps that contain files with inappropriate permissions, for example setuid or world-writable. The files are deployed with those permissions, which would let a local attacker run the setuid executable or write to the...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9780

In Flatpak before 0.8.7, a third-party app repository could include malicious apps that contain files with inappropriate permissions, for example setuid or world-writable. The files are deployed with those permissions, which would let a local attacker run the setuid executable or write to the...

Google Removes Two Ztorg Trojans from Play Marketplace

Google, for the second time this month, has removed malicious apps from Google Play that could have laid the groundwork for an attacker to root infected devices. A researcher with Kaspersky Lab on Tuesday described how attackers managed to evade settings set in place by Google Play’s VerifyApps...

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0645

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Bluetooth could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it is a local bypass of user interaction requirements. Product: Android. Versions: 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2...

Judy Android Malware Infects Over 36.5 Million Google Play Store Users

Security researchers have claimed to have discovered possibly the largest malware campaign on Google Play Store that has already infected around 36.5 million Android devices with malicious ad-click software. The security firm Checkpoint on Thursday published a blog post revealing more than 41...

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...

Apple macOS Sierra Restricted Memory Read Vulnerability (CNVD-2017-08139)

Apple macOS is an operating system that runs on Apple's Macintosh line of computers. A restricted memory read vulnerability exists within Apple macOS Sierra, which can be exploited by remote attackers to build malicious applications that read arbitrary restricted memory...

Apple macOS Sierra Multi-Touch Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Apple macOS is an operating system that runs on Apple's Macintosh line of computers. Apple macOS Sierra Multi-Touch suffers from a memory corruption vulnerability that can be exploited by remote attackers to build malicious apps and elevate privileges...

Apple macOS Sierra Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability

Apple macOS is a set of operating systems that run on Apple's Macintosh line of computers. Apple macOS Sierra suffers from a sandbox bypass vulnerability that can be exploited by remote attackers to build malicious applications and elevate privileges...

Google Android Framework APIs elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2017-08230)

Google Android is a Linux-based operating system for smartphone devices. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Google Android Framework APIs, which can be exploited by remote attackers to build malicious applications, execute arbitrary code, and elevate privileges...

Google Android Qualcomm power driver elevation of privilege vulnerability

Google Android is a Linux-based operating system for smartphone devices. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Google Android Qualcomm power driver, which can be exploited by remote attackers to build malicious applications that can be elevated in privilege by tricking users into...

Google Android Mediaserver elevation of privilege vulnerability (CNVD-2017-06873)

Google Android is a Linux-based operating system for smartphone devices. A security vulnerability exists in Google Android Mediaserver, which can be exploited by remote attackers to build malicious applications, execute arbitrary code, and elevate privileges...

Google Android MediaTek video driver elevation of privilege vulnerability

Google Android is a Linux-based operating system for smartphone devices. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Google Android MediaTek video driver, which can be exploited by remote attackers to build malicious applications that can be elevated in privilege by tricking users into...