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 Tested on: Windows 10 / Windows 7...

Memu Play 6.0.7 Privilege Escalation

Exploit Title: Memu Play 6.0.7 - Privilege Escalation PoC Date: 20/02/2019 Author: Alejandra SA!nchez Vendor Homepage: https://www.memuplay.com/ Software Link: https://www.memuplay.com/download-en.php?filename=Memu-Setup&from=officialrelease Version: 6.0.7 Tested on: Windows 10 / Windows 7...

Google Play Cracks Down on Malicious Apps

Google Play is ramping up its offensive against malicious apps, which have continued to plague the official app store for Android devices over the years. In a Wednesday post, Andrew Ahn, product manager at Google Play, said that the number of app submissions that were rejected on the app...

First 'Clipper' Malware Discovered on Google Play

A malicious app designed to steal cryptocurrency from victims by replacing a wallet address in the phone’s clipboard has been discovered harboring the first “clipper” malware discovered on Google Play, the official Android app store. Usually cryptocurrency-stealers are found on unsanctioned Andro...

First Android Clipboard Hijacking Crypto Malware Found On Google Play Store

A security researcher has discovered yet another cryptocurrency-stealing malware on the official Google Play Store that was designed to secretly steal bitcoin and cryptocurrency from unwitting users. The malware, described as a "Clipper," masqueraded as a legitimate cryptocurrency app and worked ...

First Android Clipboard Hijacking Crypto Malware Found On Google Play Store

A security researcher has discovered yet another cryptocurrency-stealing malware on the official Google Play Store that was designed to secretly steal bitcoin and cryptocurrency from unwitting users. The malware, described as a "Clipper ," masqueraded as a legitimate cryptocurrency app and worked...

Clipper malware on Play Store replaces users BTC & ETH wallet address

By Waqas This is the first ever Clipper malware found on Play Store. Another day another Android malware on Google Play Store - This time the IT security researchers at ESET have discovered a malware known for replacing the content of clipboard on the targeted device. This type of malware is call...

Several Popular Beauty Camera Apps Caught Stealing Users' Photos

Just because an app is available on Google Play Store doesn't mean that it is a legitimate app. Despite so many efforts by Google, some fake and malicious apps do sneak in and land millions of unaware users on the hunting ground of scammers and hackers. Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro uncovered at...

Several Popular Beauty Camera Apps Caught Stealing Users' Photos

Just because an app is available on Google Play Store doesn't mean that it is a legitimate app. Despite so many efforts by Google, some fake and malicious apps do sneak in and land millions of unaware users on the hunting ground of scammers and hackers. Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro uncovered at...

This Week in Security News: Hacker Strategies and Spyware Attacks

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about how hackers are improving their breach strategies. Also, learn about new spyware attacks via URLs, websites, and mobile apps. Re...

Popular free Android VPN apps on Play Store contain malware

By Waqas If you want to ensure optimal privacy while surfing the web, a VPN virtual private network is the only reliable option. In this regard, a majority of web and smartphone users rely upon free VPN services, which according to the latest research is a risky step. In 2017, researchers...

Clever Smartphone Malware Concealment Technique

This is clever: Malicious apps hosted in the Google Play market are trying a clever trick to avoid detection -- they monitor the motion-sensor input of an infected device before installing a powerful banking trojan to make sure it doesn't load on emulators researchers use to detect attacks. The...

QIWI: [QIWI Wallet] Access to protected app components

Здравствуйте, я хочу сообщить об обнаруженной уязвимости в классе ru.mw.main.Main Информация о приложении Приложение: QIWI Кошелек Имя пакета: ru.mw Номер версии: 3.25.0 Код версии: 21346 Актуальность версии: Последняя Уязвимый класс: ru.mw.main.Main Уязвимость Поскольку активность ru.mw.Main...

Malicious apps deploy Anubis banking trojan using motion detection

By Waqas Google has left no stone unturned in preventing malware and banking trojan from invading the applications uploaded on its official Play Store. Despite having anti-malware protection, shady applications somehow make it to the platform. In fact, malware developers have become so advanced i...

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...

Huawei Honor V10, 10 and Play Competitive Conditions Vulnerability

The Huawei Honor V10, 10 and Play are smartphone products from the Chinese company Huawei Huawei. The drivers in the Huawei Honor V10, 10 and Play contain a competitive condition vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker to execute malicious code by tricking a user into installing a...

Hack Allows Escape of Play-with-Docker Containers

Researchers hacked the Docker test platform called Play-with-Docker, allowing them to access data and manipulate any test Docker containers running on the host system. The proof-of-concept hack does not impact production Docker instances, according to CyberArk researchers that developed the...

8 million users installed 9 adware apps from Play Store

By Uzair Amir This is the second time in one week that adware apps have been found on Google Play Store. Lukas Stefanko, an IT security researcher at ESET has discovered 9 Android apps on Google Play Store spamming users with unwanted ads. One of the apps called "Remote control for TV and home...

Pre-Installed Android App Impacts Millions with Slew of Malicious Activity

A pre-installed Android application on Alcatel smartphones has been found surreptitiously siphoning off geolocation data, email addresses and phone identification numbers and sending the data to a server in China. Analysts with Upstream’s Secure-D platform said that the app, Weather Forecast—Worl...

CVE-2018-16195

Aterm WF1200CR and Aterm WG1200CR Aterm WF1200CR firmware Ver1.1.1 and earlier, Aterm WG1200CR firmware Ver1.0.1 and earlier allows an attacker on the same network segment to execute arbitrary OS commands via SOAP interface of UPnP...