Code injection

The avast! Mobile Security application before 2.0.4400 for Android allows attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted application that sends an intent to com.avast.android.mobilesecurity.app.scanner.DeleteFileActivity with zero arguments...

CVE-2013-0122

The avast! Mobile Security application before 2.0.4400 for Android allows attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted application that sends an intent to com.avast.android.mobilesecurity.app.scanner.DeleteFileActivity with zero arguments...

CVE-2013-0122

The avast! Mobile Security application before 2.0.4400 for Android allows attackers to cause a denial of service application crash via a crafted application that sends an intent to com.avast.android.mobilesecurity.app.scanner.DeleteFileActivity with zero arguments...

CVE-2013-0122

The CVE-2013-0122 entry concerns avast! Mobile Security for Android (pre-2.0.4400). A crafted intent sent to com.avast.android.mobilesecurity.app.scanner.DeleteFileActivity with zero arguments crashes the app, causing a denial-of-service (partial availability impact) and effectively disabling the...

'BadNews' Android Malware downloaded up to 9 million times

It appears as if another malware scare has come to Android. Lookout Security said on Friday that it has discovered a new family of malware called BadNews. Malware that avoided detection and made its way onto the Google Play store has been downloaded around 9 million times by users from all over t...

KIK Messenger Password Disclosure

KIK Messenger stores password in plain text This is the conclusion of Mobile Security Company, a Dutch organisation specialized in security audits of mobile applications. The username and password are stored in the com.kik.chat.plist file. This file can be viewed on a jailbroken device or when...

avast! Mobile Security Android application denial-of-service vulnerability

Overview avast! Mobile Security Android application version 2.0.3587, and possibly earlier versions, contains a denial-of-service vulnerability. Description avast! Mobile Security version 2.0.3587 crashes if an Intent is sent to com.avast.android.mobilesecurity.app.scanner.DeleteFileActivity with...

Malicious Infrared X-Ray Android app infecting users in Japan

Researchers are already warning that malware authors developing more sophisticated attack techniques for mobile devices, using encryption and randomization or hiding malicious code in image files. As analyzed by Symantec a malicious Infrared X-Ray Android application, attempting to lure Android...

Critical iOS vulnerability in Configuration Profiles pose malware threat

Israeli mobile security start-up Skycure has exposed a vulnerability that could allow hackers to control and spy on iPhones. A major security vulnerability for iOS configuration profiles pose malware threat. The vulnerability affects a file known as mobileconf files, which are used by cell phone...

Cyber security scenario according to WebSense

It's time of stocktaking, principal security firm are proposing their analysis to synthesize actual situation on cyber security, 2012 is widely considered a year when the malware has increased significantly thanks to the contributions of various actors that we will analyze shortly. WebSense has...

Stefan Esser

Mobile security researcher Stefan Esser discussed the security model of Apple iOS and some of the recent changes the company has made to lock it down even further...

HTC Settlement Could Alter Mobile Security and Privacy Landscape

HTC America’s settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Friday has the potential to revamp not only how hardware manufacturers handle the security and privacy of mobile devices, but how carriers do so, as well. “In many ways, this settlement is a shot across the bow of the handset and...

Chris Soghoian on Wireless Carriers and Android Security

youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzoACtJk3sI&hl=enUS&version=3 Chris Soghoian of the ACLU discusses the looming crisis of mobile security caused by the failure of mobile carriers to push Android updates to users at the Kaspersky Lab Security Analyst Summit Monday...

Bugtraq Penetration Testing Linux

Bugtraq -2 Blackwidow is a Open-Source Linux Distribution based in Ubuntu and Debian with PAE kernel 3.2 and 3.4 Hacker ‘s suite where you will find all kinds of tools for the best systems auditory. Adapted for beginners in Ethical hacking computer security, and for experts in this field. Is not...

Dan Guido on the THREADS Mobile Security Conference

Dennis Fisher talks with Dan Guido, CEO of Trail of Bits and hacker-in-residence at NYU-Poly, about the school’s first mobile security conference, called THREADS, taking place this week in Brooklyn. Part of the college’s Cybersecurity Awareness Week CSAW, THREADS will include speaker such as Dino...

Eugene Kaspersky Chats With Facebook Users About Malware, Cybercrime and Piracy

Hi, folks! For the last two weeks each and every fan of official Kaspersky Lab Facebook pages worldwide had the chance to ask our CEO, Eugene Kaspersky, anything at all and we must say that some of our fans took this literally: Thank you for the hundreds of great questions! There’s nothing more...

Infographic: Veracode on Mobile Security and Protecting Your Device

Veracode have put out another snazzy infographic, this time to help illustrate the mobile computing boom of the last few years. To accompany the BYOD Bring Your Own Device policy that’s becoming commonplace in offices around the world, the web security firm uses two characters, Joe Worker and Joe...

CVE-2012-3735

CVE-2012-3735 affects Apple iOS prior to 6, where the Passcode Lock display logic on the lock screen can reveal the most recently used third‑party app when the user interacts with the Slide to Power Off control. Root cause: a logic issue in lock state management. Impact: a physically proximate at...

ZeroNights 2012, Москва 19-20 ноября

Привет всем, Попросили запостить от defcon-group. Цитата: Заявка на участие в конференции в качестве докладчика ZeroNights — международная конференция, посвященная техническим аспектам информационной безопасности. Главная цель конференции — распространение информации о новых методах атак, угрозах...

Kevin Mitnick joins the Zimperium team

Security firm Zimperium developer of Android app zANTI Android application Toolkit now have World Best Hacker "Kevin Mitnick" in their Team. In a Press Release ,Itzhak "Zuk" Avraham said "Zimperium is honored and excited to announce our newest member of the advisory board, world renowned hacker...