Google Play Boots Italian Spyware Apps That Infected Hundreds

Google has removed more than a dozen malicious apps harboring Android spyware from its Google Play marketplace. The spyware appears to have been developed by an Italian firm, which is now under investigation for its development. Researchers allege that the apps have infected several hundred – up ...

Google Play Store’s Malware Problem, and More Security News This Week

Plus, Russia cracks down on VPNs, Microsoft cracks down on Iranian hackers, and more of the week's top security news...

Awakening the beast: BatMobi adware

On February 12, a patron of the Malwarebytes Forum alerted us of an issue with ad redirects that seemed to come out of nowhere. An outcry from other commenters filled the forum thread, all experiencing the same redirects to the same exact websites. Our web protection team traced the offending...

CVE-2019-1748

A vulnerability in the Cisco Network Plug-and-Play PnP agent of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. The vulnerability exists because the affected software insufficiently validates certificates...

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A vulnerability in the Cisco Network Plug-and-Play PnP agent of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. The vulnerability exists because the affected software insufficiently validates certificates...

CVE-2019-1748

A vulnerability in the Cisco Network Plug-and-Play PnP agent of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. The vulnerability exists because the affected software insufficiently validates certificates...

Cisco IOS and IOS XE Proxy Certificate Validation Vulnerability

Cisco IOS and IOS XE are a set of operating systems developed by Cisco for its network devices. A certificate validation vulnerability exists in the Cisco Network Plug-and-Play PnP agent in Cisco IOS and IOS XE, which stems from the program's failure to adequately validate certificates, and can b...

CVE-2019-1748

CVE-2019-1748 affects Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software with the Network Plug-and-Play (PnP) agent. The root cause is insufficient certificate validation, allowing an unauthenticated, remote attacker to present a crafted certificate and perform man-in-the-middle attacks to decrypt/modi...

Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software Network Plug-and-Play Agent Certificate Validation Vulnerability

A vulnerability in the Cisco Network Plug-and-Play PnP agent of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. The vulnerability exists because the affected software insufficiently validates certificates...

PT-2019-15162 · Cisco · Cisco Network Plug-And-Play +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS XE Software affected versions not specified Description: A vulnerability in the Cisco Network Plug-and-Play PnP agent could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive...

Insecure UC Browser 'Feature' Lets Hackers Hijack Android Phones Remotely

Beware! If you are using UC Browser on your smartphones, you should consider uninstalling it immediately. Why? Because the China-made UC Browser contains a "questionable" ability that could be exploited by remote attackers to automatically download and execute code on your Android devices...

Google Play Touts Certs in Quest For Enterprise Security

Google is now touting three new security certifications for Managed Google Play, which the company hopes will serve as a badge of security honor for companies thinking about using its enterprise-focused app marketplace. The move comes as Google continues to try to amp up efforts around the securi...

Most Android Antivirus Apps Are Garbage

Fraudulent and ineffective antivirus apps persist on the Google Play Store, and it's unclear whether they'll ever totally go away...

SimBad malware on Play Store infected millions of Android devices

By Waqas Most of the applications infected by SimBad malware are simulator games. The IT security researchers at Check Point have discovered a sophisticated malware campaign that has been targeting Android users through Google Play Store on a global level and so far more than 150 million users ha...

Chrome for Android Update

Good news, everyone! Chrome 72 72.0.3626.121 for Android has been released and will be available on Google Play over the course of the next few weeks. This release includes stability and performance improvements, including a fix for CVE-2019-5786. A list of the changes in this build is available ...

Android Gets FIDO2 Certification—Now Supports Secure Passwordless Logins

Great news. If you have already installed the latest update of Google Play Services released earlier today, and your Android device is running Android version 7.0 Nougat or above—Congratulations! Your device is now FIDO2 Certified. Are you thinking… what the heck that actually means? It means,...

ScreenStream 3.0.15 Denial Of Service

!/usr/bin/python coding: utf-8 Author: Marcelo VA!zquez aka s4vitar ScreenStream 3.0.15 Remote Denial of Service DoS Exploit Title: ScreenStream 3.0.15 Remote Denial of Service DoS Date: 2019-02-21 Exploit Author: Marcelo VA!zquez aka s4vitar Vendor Homepage: http://mobzapp.com/mirroring/index.ht...

Memu Play 6.0.7 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Exploit for windows platform in category local exploits Exploit Title: Memu Play 6.0.7 - Privilege Escalation PoC Author: Alejandra Sánchez Vendor Homepage: https://www.memuplay.com/ Software Link: https://www.memuplay.com/download-en.php?filename=Memu-Setup&from=officialrelease Version: 6.0.7...

ScreenStream 3.0.15 - Denial of Service

ScreenStream 3.0.15 - Denial of Service !/usr/bin/python coding: utf-8 Author: Marcelo Vázquez aka s4vitar ScreenStream 3.0.15 Remote Denial of Service DoS Exploit Title: ScreenStream 3.0.15 Remote Denial of Service DoS Date: 2019-02-21 Exploit Author: Marcelo Vázquez aka s4vitar Vendor Homepage:...

Memu Play 6.0.7 - Privilege Escalation

Memu Play 6.0.7 - Privilege Escalation Exploit Title: Memu Play 6.0.7 - Privilege Escalation PoC Date: 20/02/2019 Author: Alejandra Sánchez Vendor Homepage: https://www.memuplay.com/ Software Link: https://www.memuplay.com/download-en.php?filename=Memu-Setup&from=officialrelease Version: 6.0.7...