BrainTest Malicious Android Apps Removed From Google Play

Update The Brain Test mobile malware family has once again been evicted from Google Play. Known for piggy-backing on fully functioning mobile applications, the malware’s various iterations try to root Android devices, download malicious APKs and inflate the Google Play ratings of other apps writt...

The vulnerability of the UPnP operating system openSUSE, the Wi-Fi protected access client WPA Supplicant, and the software access point Jouni Malinen Hostapd, which allows a intruder to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the WMM Action UPnP component in the openSUSE operating system, the Wi-Fi Protected Access Point client WPA Supplicant, and the Jouni Malinen-hosted Hostapd software access point is caused by a buffer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker, operating...

Cisco WebEx for Android Security Patch

Cisco has been busy the last two days pushing out a patch and security advisories for a number of its products, including a fix for a remotely exploitable vulnerability in its WebEx Meetings mobile application for Android. Cisco said the vulnerability affects versions prior to 8.5.1 of the app, a...

This Malware Can Secretly Auto-Install any Android App to Your Phone

Own an Android Smartphone? Hackers can install any malicious third-party app on your smartphone remotely even if you have clearly tapped a reject button of the app. Security researchers have uncovered a trojanized adware family that has the capability to automatically install any app on an Androi...

1-Click Way to Check If your Android Device is Vulnerable to Hacking

Vulnerabilities are common these days and when we talk about mobile security, this year has been somewhat of a trouble for Android users. Almost every week we come across a new hack affecting Android devices. One of the serious vulnerabilities is the Stagefright Security Bug, where all it needed ...

Google from the Android system vulnerabilities Samsung security risks a lot-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

! According to the latest reports, nearly a week, the Google team have been trying to challenge“the Android security boundaries”, they want to know their ability by certain means, in the Not and user the exchange of the premise, remote access to the user's address book, photos and information; fi...

Udemy: Reflected XSS and/or malicious redirection via JWPlayer 6 configuration modification

1 Malicious attacker by visiting course page e.g. https://www.udemy.com/overview-of-big-data-hadoop/ and intercepting browser's generated requests can find one to the following URL:...

A new sore point: the APT organization PawnStorm 0Day how to bypass the Java click to play protection-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

A few months ago, Trend Micro found out the APT organizations Pawn Storm using before without the disclosure of a Java Vulnerability, CVE-2 0 1 5-2 5 9 0 for attack. After that, we noticed a is used for dyeing and Java click to play click-to-play protection of a separate vulnerability. The second...

UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6031

Buffer overflow in the IGDstartelt function in igddescparse.c in the MiniUPnP client aka MiniUPnPc before 1.9.20150917 allows remote UPNP servers to cause a denial of service application crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "oversized" XML element name...

Kemoge Malicious Adware Campaign

Google has been busy removing a number of apps from Google Play that are disguised as popular selections that are actually pushing what starts out as adware but eventually turns more malicious. Google has already yanked down a file-transfer app called ShareIt, developed by Zhang Long of China, wh...

Google Play Store increases Android APK Size Limit from 50MB to 100MB

Google is doubling the maximum APK file size on the Play Store from 50 MB to 100 MB. That means... Android app developers can now build higher quality Apps and Games that users love. Of course, for an end user it may affect the overall app performance and installation time, as well as mobile data...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201311-01

Gentoo Linux Local Security Checks GLSA 201311-01 SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Eero Volotinen Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later ifdescription...

Vulnerability in UPnP Filet-O-Firewall Protocol

UPnP is a set of networking protocols promoted by the Universal Plug and Play Forum. The protocol enables the interconnection of various devices in home and corporate networks and simplifies the implementation of related networks. The UPnP protocol allows automated devices to discover and interac...

With Its First Android app, Apple tried to Kill Android Community, But Failed Badly!

Are you a Die Hard Android Fan? If you are also one of those millions Android fans, for whom the brand has turned into an insane religious devotion, then Apple has something that could give you second thoughts. Apple is losing control, wants you to ditch your Android! Few days ago, Apple made its...

LockerPin Ransomware Resets PIN and Permanently Locks Your SmartPhones

Your device's lock screen PIN is believed to keep your phone's contents safe from others, but sadly not from a new piece of ransomware that is capable of hijacking safety of your Android devices. A group of security researchers has uncovered what is believed to be the first real example of malwar...

After 5 Years, Now Google Ready to Comply with China's Censorship Laws for Business

Google is planning to introduce a trimmed down special version of Google Play Store and Android Wear to The Mainland China. But wait, if I’m not wrong… Google had ended ties with China five years ago. Then what made Google to re-establish itself in China once again? Business?? Recent reports by...

Watu PRO Play 1.9.2.1 Cross Site Scripting

Details ================ Software: Watu PRO Play Version: 1.9.2.1 Homepage: http://calendarscripts.info/watupro/modules.htmlplay Advisory report: https://security.dxw.com/advisories/stored-xss-in-watu-pro-play-allows-unauthenticated-attacker-to-do-almost-anything-an-admin-can/ CVE: Awaiting...

Google to Pause Flash Ads in Chrome Starting Next Week

Google on Tuesday will begin pausing Flash ads by default in Chrome, a move that is designed mainly to help improve browser speed, but that will also be a security upgrade for users. The company announced the plan back in June and said this week that it will make the behavior the default setting...

Android devices frequently have pits: Certifi-gate vulnerability control-screen recording-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

! This month's black hat conference disclosure vulnerability Certifi-gate exposed android security repeatedly go wrong. The black bar safety net Encyclopedia: what is the Certifi-gate “Certifi-gate”is a vulnerability, this vulnerability exists in the Android phone remote support...

MassVet Android Malicious App Scanner

Most Android malware samples can be found clinging to some sort of knockoff to a legitimate application. Hiding in plain sight like that, sometimes they find their way into Google Play or any one of the dozens of less-patrolled Android markets. Researchers at Indiana University believe they’ve co...