Google Play Removes Malicious Malware-Ridden Apps

Google Play has removed two malicious apps that were infecting devices with a notorious banking malware bent on scooping up victim’s credentials. The two apps, Currency Converter and BatterySaverMobo, purported to be useful mobile tools that help users calculate currency and optimize mobile batte...

New Android Malware Apps Use Motion Sensor to Evade Detection

Even after so many efforts by Google for preventing its Play Store from malware, shady apps somehow managed to fool its anti-malware protections and get into its service to infect Android users with malware. Two such Android apps have recently been spotted on the Google Play Store by security...

CVE-2018-20161

A design flaw in the BlinkForHome aka Blink For Home Sync Module 2.10.4 and earlier allows attackers to disable cameras via Wi-Fi, because incident clips triggered by the motion sensor are not saved if the attacker's traffic such as Dot11Deauth successfully disconnects the Sync Module from the...

Phone Hack Uses Sensors To Steal PINs

University researchers have created a method to steal a smartphone user’s PIN by leveraging sensor data generated by the targeted phone. Researchers say the method has a 74 percent success rate when it comes to accurately determining four-digit PIN data inputted by a phone’s owner. Researchers fr...