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Have you ever noticed strange reviews of Google Play apps that look totally out of place? Their creators might give it five stars, while dozens of users rate it with just one, and in some cases the reviews seem to be talking about some other program entirely. If so, you may be unknowingly...

CVE-2019-11765: Incorrect Default Permissions

A compromised content process could send a message to the parent process that would cause the 'Click to Play' permission prompt to be shown. However, due to lack of validation from the parent process, if the user accepted the permission request an attacker-controlled permission would be granted...

3 Google Play Store Apps Exploit Android Zero-Day Used by NSO Group

Watch out! If you have any of the below-mentioned file managers and photography apps installed on your Android phone—even if downloaded from the official Google Store store⁠—you have been hacked and being tracked. These newly detected malicious Android apps are Camero, FileCrypt, and callCam that...

ToTok Returned to Google Play Despite ‘Spy Tool’ Claims

Mobile application ToTok has been reinstated to the Google Play app ecosystem, after it was removed last month due to claims that it was being used for government espionage. ToTok, a social app that was released in 2019 and has been downloaded by millions, gained rapid popularity in the United Ar...

Twitter Fixes Bug that Enabled Takeover of Android App Accounts

Twitter for Android users are being urged to update their app to avoid a security bug that allows a malicious user to access private account data and could also allow an attacker to take control of accounts to send tweets and direct messages. The warning comes from Twitter who said there are no...

New Talos Takes podcast puts Talos' spin on the latest cyber news

By Jon Munshaw. Today, Cisco Talos' podcast network is growing with a new show. Talos Takes is a new podcast that provides Talos analysts' and researchers' opinions and expertise on the hottest topics in cyber security. The first three episodes of the show — covering holiday shopping scams,...

Cisco IOS Software Software Plug and Play Agent Memory Leak(cisco-sa-20180926-pnp-memleak)

According to its self-reported version, Cisco IOS is affected by a memory leak vulnerability in the Cisco Network Plug and Play agent due to insufficient input validation. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by sending invalid data to the Cisco Network Plug and Play agent on an...

Android Ups the Mobile Security Ante with Default TLS Encryption

A full 80 percent of Android apps are encrypting their traffic by default, according to a Transport Layer Security TLS adoption update from Google. That percentage is even greater for apps targeting Android 9 and higher, with 90 percent of those encrypting traffic by default, the tech giant said ...

‘StrandHogg’ Vulnerability Allows Malware to Pose as Legitimate Android Apps

Researchers have discovered a new Android vulnerability that could allow malware to pose as popular apps and ask for various permissions, potentially allowing hackers to listen in on users, take photos, read and send SMS messages, and basically take over various functions as if they are the...

UPnP Service Privilege Escalation

The vulnerability of the UPnP service in Windows operating systems is related to the insecure management of privileges. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to enhance their privileges or execute arbitrary code...

CVE-2019-5309

Honor play smartphones with versions earlier than 9.1.0.333C00E333R1P1T8 have an information disclosure vulnerability in certain Huawei . An attacker could view certain information after a series of operation without unlock the screen lock. Successful exploit could cause an information disclosure...

CVE-2019-5309

Honor play smartphones with versions earlier than 9.1.0.333C00E333R1P1T8 have an information disclosure vulnerability in certain Huawei . An attacker could view certain information after a series of operation without unlock the screen lock. Successful exploit could cause an information disclosure...

Information disclosure

Honor play smartphones with versions earlier than 9.1.0.333C00E333R1P1T8 have an information disclosure vulnerability in certain Huawei . An attacker could view certain information after a series of operation without unlock the screen lock. Successful exploit could cause an information disclosure...

CVE-2019-5309

CVE-2019-5309 affects Huawei Honor Play smartphones (pre-9.1.0.333). The vulnerability is an information-disclosure flaw in Huawei devices, where an attacker could view certain data after a sequence of operations without unlocking the screen. Impact ranges from partial confidentiality loss (NVD C...

CVE-2019-5309

Honor play smartphones with versions earlier than 9.1.0.333C00E333R1P1T8 have an information disclosure vulnerability in certain Huawei . An attacker could view certain information after a series of operation without unlock the screen lock. Successful exploit could cause an information disclosure...

CVE-2019-5309: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Honor play smartphones with versions earlier than 9.1.0.333C00E333R1P1T8 have an information disclosure vulnerability in certain Huawei . An attacker could view certain information after a series of operation without unlock the screen lock. Successful exploit could cause an information disclosure...

PT-2019-17572

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Honor Play smartphones versions earlier than 9.1.0.333C00E333R1P1T8 Description The issue allows an attacker to view certain information after a series of operations without unlocking the screen lock, potentially causing an information...

Huawei Honor Play Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Huawei Honor Play is a smartphone product from Chinese company Huawei Huawei. An information disclosure vulnerability exists in previous versions of Huawei Honor Play 9.1.0.333 C00E333R1P1T8. The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to view some information on the phone without unlocking...

Google Will Award $1M-Plus to People Who Can Hack Titan M Security Chip

Google is willing to award up to $1.5 million to hackers who can successfully hack its Titan M security chip on the company’s Pixel devices as part of an expansion of its Android bug-bounty program unveiled this week. The company revealed increased payouts to its Android Security Rewards in a blo...

Popular Apps on Google Play Store Remain Unpatched

Most people think if they keep their mobile apps updated to the latest version, they also are patching for critical vulnerabilities. Not so, said researchers from Check Point Software, which discovered that outdated code—including known vulnerabilities—are still present in hundreds of popular app...