CVE-2018-1000109

An improper authorization vulnerability exists in Jenkins Google Play Android Publisher Plugin version 1.6 and earlier in GooglePlayBuildStepDescriptor.java that allow an attacker to obtain credential IDs...

Mes Comptes - LCL pour mobile - Certificates or keys found, Dynamic Code Loading, Exported components vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Mes Comptes - LCL pour mobile published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Authentication flaw

Huawei Honor V9 Play smart phones with the versions before Jimmy-AL00AC00B135 have an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of a component. An attacker who get a user's smart phone can execute specific operation, and delete the fingerprint of the phone without...

CVE-2017-17145

Huawei Honor V9 Play smart phones with the versions before Jimmy-AL00AC00B135 have an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of a component. An attacker who get a user's smart phone can execute specific operation, and delete the fingerprint of the phone without...

CVE-2017-17145

Huawei Honor V9 Play smart phones with the versions before Jimmy-AL00AC00B135 have an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of a component. An attacker who get a user's smart phone can execute specific operation, and delete the fingerprint of the phone without...

CVE-2017-17145

Huawei Honor V9 Play smart phones with the versions before Jimmy-AL00AC00B135 have an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the improper design of a component. An attacker who get a user's smart phone can execute specific operation, and delete the fingerprint of the phone without...

CVE-2017-17145

Huawei Honor V9 Play smartphones running versions before Jimmy-AL00AC00B135 are affected by an authentication bypass due to an improper component design. An attacker in physical contact with the device can delete the user’s fingerprint without authentication. The issue affects the fingerprint/aut...

Mobile malware evolution 2017

The year in figures In 2017, Kaspersky Lab detected the following: 5,730,916 malicious installation packages 94,368 mobile banking Trojans 544,107 mobile ransomware Trojans Trends of the year Rooting malware: no surrender For the last few years, rooting malware has been the biggest threat to...

Mobile Menace Monday: Olympics app has more ads than games

An app claiming to live stream the 2018 Winter Olympics but really serving up a blizzard of ads had a short run on Google Play. It was uploaded to the Play store on February 8, 2018. Since then, it's been removed. The last known existence of it on the store was a cached snapshot from February 10...

PayControl - Customized SSL, Redefined SSL Common Names verifier vulnerabilities

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

Catch! - Exported components, External URLs, Native code usage vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Catch! published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

A week in security (February 12 – February 18)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we looked at a huge Android cryptomining campaign, malicious apps on Google Play, and some Apple scams doing the rounds. We also explored the world of healthcare security, and dived into the land of scammy Valentine's Day tricks and cheats. Other news Thought the...

Intel Expands Bug Bounty Program Post-Spectre and Meltdown

In the wake of the Spectre and Meltdown bugs, Intel has rolled out a significant expansion of its bug bounty program. Intel first launched the program in March 2017. The big changes include a shift from an invitation-only format to one that is open to all security researchers. One key addition is...

CVE-2017-15351

The 'Find Phone' function in Huawei Honor V9 play smart phones with versions earlier than Jimmy-AL00AC00B135 has an authentication bypass vulnerability. Due to improper authentication realization in the 'Find Phone' function. An attacker may exploit the vulnerability to bypass the 'Find Phone'...

Kotlin-based malicious apps penetrate Google market

An open-source programming language, Kotlin is a fully-supported official programming language for Android. Google boasts that Kotlin contains safety features in order to make apps "healthy by default." Many apps are already built with Kotlin, from the hottest startups to Fortune 500 companies...

Parallel Space - Multiple accounts & Two face - Exported ContentProvider, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Parallel Space - Multiple accounts & Two face published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Google Expands Play Marketplace Bug Bounty Program

UPDATE Google is expanding the number of bounties available in its Google Play Security Reward Program, a step that comes amid a flurry of mitigation activities against malicious apps found in its official marketplace. The company introduced the program in October, in a long-awaited move...

Google Booted 700,000 Bad Apps From Its Marketplace in 2017

Google set the record straight on Android security Tuesday, announcing that in 2017 it booted 700,000 apps from Google Play for violating marketplace policies. In a blog post titled “How we fought bad apps and malicious developers in 2017,” Google outlined efforts made over the last 12 months to...

Information Disclosure

Play Framework filter-helper is vulnerable to information disclosure. Attackers can overwrite the Vary header when the CORS filter is used to match again a specific set of origins. This may expose sensitive information and make the application vulnerable to cache poisoning...

A week in security (January 15 – January 21)

Last week on Labs, we gave you some background information about cookies, specifically which ones to worry about and why. We also warned you about scams surrounding the Mega Millions winner, who promised to donate his money to good causes. We analyzed a cryptocurrency miner using a very old...