Abandoned Mobile C&C Servers Present Opportunity to Attackers

DENVER—When developers build mobile apps, they’re not only coding functionality, but they’re also dragging in third-party software development kits SDKs for ads, analytics and lots of things in between. A big function of SDKs is to communicate with a central server to receive instructions and...

Yelp Launches Public Bug Bounty

For a long time, Yelp.com has been one of the Internet’s most-frequented resources for crowd-sourced local business, restaurant and hospitality reviews and tips. Starting today, the door will be open to researchers and bug-hunters who are invited to participate in Yelp’s public bug bounty. The...

Instacart: API OAuth Public Key disclosure in mobile app

Our Android/iOS app can be decompiled and the OAuth Public token can be accessed. Contrary to Instacart's summary, the API private key is also leaked, allowing anyone to use Instacart's private API without restriction. Instacart which I have found to be great in general ignored my additional...

OLX: Full Account Takeover

Issue resolved by the OLX support , at the time of discovery of bug , olx.in was not in scope Whenever a user wants to login through the mobile app , the user enters his mobile number and then he is presented with a screen to enter the OTP . The problem is that there is no rate limiting on the...

Seeking Alpha Mobile Financial App Forgoes Encryption

A popular mobile application that provides financial market research material operates without a measure of encryption, putting user information, including credentials and strategic financial interests at risk. The Seeking Alpha mobile app for Android and iOS also leaks everything from HTTP cooki...

Google Updates CA Trust Mechanisms in Android Nougat

Google last week announced changes in the way it will handle trusted Certificate Authorities in Nougat, the latest version of the Android operating system. The changes are expected to cut into the likelihood of a successful man-in-the-middle attack, or a device falling victim to an...

Pwned by Vpon

Vpon is one of many mobile ad SDKs marketed towards mainland Chinese and Taiwanese developers and app users. Recently, FireEye mobile security researchers identified a branch of Vpon ad SDK on iOS containing code that allows a malicious actor be it the app developer or the SDK creator to remotely...

Breaking: Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 BILLLLLION

Breaking News for today: Microsoft has announced that it is planning to acquire LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, for $26.2 Billion in cash. Yes, Microsoft announced today that it would buy LinkedIn for $196 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 BILLLLLLION. It is so...

Perli Filter Bypass Vulnerability

Perli v2.6 iOS can be used to learn, run, and share perl scripts. A filter bypass vulnerability exists in the Perli iOS mobile app side. An attacker is able to inject malicious code in the affected module...

Pornhub: Weak user aunthentication on mobile application - I just broken userKey secret password

The researcher discovered a hard coded authentication bypass on the mobile app...

Secure Item Hub Persistent Input Validation Vulnerability

Secure Item Hub app is able to transfer files between iphone or ipad and computer on the same wifi network. A persistent input validation vulnerability exists in Secure Item Hub, which could allow a remote attacker to inject malicious persistent script code on the application side of the mobile a...

Authentication flaw

The Cybozu kintone mobile application 1.x before 1.0.6 for Android allows attackers to discover an authentication token via a crafted application...

info.laliveapps.com XSS vulnerability

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login.mainstreetapps.net XSS vulnerability

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Tokyo Star bank App Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Tokyo Star bank App for Android and iOS is a suite of banking apps for the Android and iOS platforms from Tokyo Star Bank in Japan. The Tokyo Star bank App for Android and iOS fails to validate server-side SSL certificates, allowing an attacker to exploit this vulnerability to conduct...

Tumblr Mobile Application Detection

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Tumblr Mobile Application Detection

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Mobile App: Bypass of application specific PIN

The ownCloud Android application does support setting a PIN that has to be provided before the application can be opened. An attacker may remove the PIN by clearing the application data via the Android system settings. By doing that the application information would be removed while the...

为何我信 - Base64 encoded String, SD-card access, SQLite database found vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application 为何我信 published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

[モバ７]ミリオンゴッド - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView SSL handling enabled vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application モバ７ミリオンゴッド published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...