Spammers Take A Liking to WhatsApp Mobile App

Spammers have settled in on the WhatsApp messaging platform with greater regularity, aided in one locale, by of all things, government regulations. Researchers at AdaptiveMobile yesterday published a report that exposed a number of spam campaigns peddling phony handbags and sunglasses, investment...

Use HTC One vulnerability to crack mobile PIN password-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

HTC One phone is running Android 4.2.2 and HBOOT 1.54.0000, it exists a file called Bootloader vulnerability. This vulnerability early in the 2 0 1 4 year 2 month's report to the HTC official, and at times months to fix the vulnerability. In get HTC official consent, we will now take the entire...

KeySweeper — Arduino-based Keylogger for Wireless Keyboards

Security researcher has developed a cheap USB wall charger that is capable to eavesdrop on almost any Microsoft wireless keyboard. MySpace mischief-maker Samy Kamkar has released a super-creepy keystroke logger for Microsoft wireless keyboards cunningly hidden in what appears to be a rather cheap...

Majority of 4G USB Modems, SIM Cards Exploitable

Researchers say 4G USB modems contain exploitable vulnerabilities through which attackers could, and researchers have, managed to gain full control of the machines to which the devices are connected. Researchers from Positive Technologies presented a briefing detailing how to compromise USB modem...

Cellular Privacy, SS7 Security Shattered at 31C3

The recently concluded Chaos Communications Congress 31c3 in Hamburg, Germany was an all-out assault on cellular call privacy and security. Of particular interest was the SS7 protocol used to route calls between switching centers. Researchers, doing parallel research as it turns out, found gaping...

Hackers Can Read Your Private SMS and Listen to Phone Calls

Security researchers have discovered a massive security flaw that could let hackers and cybercriminals listen to private phone calls and read text messages on a potentially vast scale – no matter if the cellular networks use the latest and most advanced encryption available. The critical flaw lie...

CoolReaper Backdoor Found On CoolPad Android Mobile Devices

A popular Android smartphone sold primarily in China and Taiwan but also available worldwide, contains a backdoor from the manufacturer that is being used to push pop-up advertisements and install apps without users’ consent. The Coolpad devices, however, are ripe for much more malicious abuse,...

Code injection

AndroidManifest.xml in Android before 5.0.0 does not require the SENDSMS permission for the SmsReceiver receiver, which allows attackers to send stored SMS messages, and consequently transmit arbitrary new draft SMS messages or trigger additional per-message charges from a network operator for ol...

CVE-2014-8610

AndroidManifest.xml in Android before 5.0.0 does not require the SENDSMS permission for the SmsReceiver receiver, which allows attackers to send stored SMS messages, and consequently transmit arbitrary new draft SMS messages or trigger additional per-message charges from a network operator for ol...

CVE-2014-8610

The CVE describes a vulnerability in Android prior to 5.0.0 where AndroidManifest.xml does not require SEND_SMS for the SmsReceiver, allowing an unprivileged app to cause stored SMS messages to be resent or new draft SMS messages to be sent by broadcasting the com.android.mms.transaction.MESSAGE_...

CVE-2014-8610

AndroidManifest.xml in Android before 5.0.0 does not require the SENDSMS permission for the SmsReceiver receiver, which allows attackers to send stored SMS messages, and consequently transmit arbitrary new draft SMS messages or trigger additional per-message charges from a network operator for ol...

PT-2014-8650

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 5.0.0 Description The issue allows attackers to send stored SMS messages and transmit arbitrary new draft SMS messages, or trigger additional per-message charges from a network operator for old messages. This can be...

CVE-2014-8610: Undefined Security Weakness

AndroidManifest.xml in Android before 5.0.0 does not require the SENDSMS permission for the SmsReceiver receiver, which allows attackers to send stored SMS messages, and consequently transmit arbitrary new draft SMS messages or trigger additional per-message charges from a network operator for ol...

Android Malware Installs Pirated Assassin's Creed App

A pirated version of the Assassin’s Creed application for Android is bundled with malware according to the security-as-as-service from Zscaler. Assassin’s Creed is a popular, open-world series of adventure games available in various iterations on the XBOX, PlayStation, PC and other gaming...

'DeathRing' Chinese Malware Found Pre-Installed On Several Smartphones

Malware authors are trying hard to create malicious software with more innovative ways to infect victims. A new mobile Trojan horse infection has been discovered by security researchers that comes pre-loaded onto low-cost Chinese-made Android smartphones popular in Asia and Africa. The trojan,...

Uber’s Android app is Literally Malware?

The popular ride-sharing service Uber has been hit by various controversies lately, but now the things gone even worse for the company when a security researcher made a worrying discovery this week and claims, "Uber’s app is literally malware." The ride-hailing company is in disputes of handling...

Android SMS Resend Vulnerability

Android versions prior to 5.0 allow an unprivileged application the ability to resend all the SMS's stored in the users phone. INTRODUCTION ================================== In Android 5.0, an unprivileged app can resend all the SMS stored in the user's phone to their corresponding recipients or...

Android SMS Resend

INTRODUCTION ================================== In Android 5.0, an unprivileged app can resend all the SMS stored in the user's phone to their corresponding recipients or senders without user interaction. No matter whether these SMS are sent to or received from other people. This may leads to...

Android Settings Pendingintent Leak Vulnerability

In Android versions prior to 5.0 and possibly greater than and equal to 4.0, Settings application leaks Pendingintent with a blank base intent neither the component nor the action is explicitly set to third party applications. Due to this, a malicious app can use this to broadcast intent with the...

Cross site request forgery (csrf)

Multiple cross-site request forgery CSRF vulnerabilities in Huawei HiLink E3276 and E3236 TCPU before V200R002B470D13SP00C00 and WebUI before V100R007B100D03SP01C03, E5180s-22 before 21.270.21.00.00, and E586Bs-2 before 21.322.10.00.889 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users...