FireOS Flaw Allowed Limited Content Injection in Amazon Tablets

A vulnerability in the operating system of Amazon’s Fire Tablets could allow a hacker to inject malicious content into Settings, Legal and Compliance, Terms of Use and Privacy sections of the device. The bug could also allow an adversary to capture the serial number of the tablet. The Fire Tablet...

Jailhouse Tablets Allow Inmates to Steal Thousands of Dollars in Credits

Officials at the Idaho Department of Correction say that inmates from five different facilities across the state collected nearly a quarter million dollars in credits after hacking their tablets. Up to 364 inmates exploited a vulnerability in JPay tablets – which were given to prisoners for email...

364 inmates hacked prison tablets to steal almost $225,000

By Waqas Hundreds of inmates hacked the system and transferred almost $225,000 in their accounts. Inmates at Idaho Department of Correction are provided with computer tablets manufactured by a Florida based company JPay. These tablets are powered by communications and data services from...

Lenovo Finally Patches Ancient BlueBorne Bugs in Tab and Yoga Tablets

Nine months after researchers warned of the BlueBorne remote code execution bug, Lenovo said Thursday that a patch is finally available for three popular lines of its Android tablets. Lenovo, the world’s No. 3 Android tablet-maker, said BlueBorne patches are now available for four Lenovo Tab...

Police bust drug dealers using fingerprint from a WhatsApp photo

By Waqas A WhatsApp photo of drug dealer's hand carrying ecstasy tablets This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Police bust drug dealers using fingerprint from a WhatsApp photo...

What to expect for this year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Last year during holidays, US online sales surpassed $122 billion. This represented a 12 percent increase over the previous year. But beyond the overall growth, what's more interesting is that sales at physical stores dropped by 10 percent, the result of ongoing consumer comfort with and adoption...

Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel - Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)

Exploit for Android platform in category local exploits This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require "msf/core" class MetasploitModule "Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel Local Privilege Escalation", "Description" ...

Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel Local Privilege Escalation

Exploit for hardware platform in category remote exploits This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require "msf/core" class MetasploitModule "Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel Local Privilege Escalation", "Description...

Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel Local Privilege Escalation

This module requires Metasploit: http://metasploit.com/download Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework require "msf/core" class MetasploitModule "Allwinner 3.4 Legacy Kernel Local Privilege Escalation", "Description" = %q This module attempts to exploit a debug backdoor...

Warning! Over 900 Million Android Phones Vulnerable to New 'QuadRooter' Attack

Android has Fallen! Yet another set of Android security vulnerabilities has been discovered in Qualcomm chipsets that affect more than 900 Million Android smartphones and tablets worldwide. What's even worse: Most of those affected Android devices will probably never be patched. Dubbed...

Amazon for Tablets - Customized SSL, Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView SSL handling enabled vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Amazon for Tablets published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Sky News Arabia for Tablets - Dangerous filesystem permissions, WebView code execution vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Sky News Arabia for Tablets published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Amazon Backtracks On Encryption Removal

Amazon reversed course on its unpopular decision to remove encryption from its Fire OS 5 tablets. Over the weekend, Amazon said, customers’ device-level encryption support will return this spring. The move comes after Amazon customers and privacy activists expressed outrage over the company’s...

Google released the Android key on the media process and the root vulnerability patch-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

Google for Nexus smartphones and tablets, released a batch of new security patches,solved by a vicious e-mail, web pages and multimedia invasion the Android device's vulnerability. Google in the security Bulletin said: the firmware update is applied the radio update promotion to support Nexus...

The sword refers to the Android and iOS system DoubleDirect middle attack-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

A security researcher found a new man in the middle attack technique, it targets mostly run of the Android system and iOS system of smartphone and tablets. This is called DoubleDirect of art belonging to the middleman（MITM attack. An attacker can use this technique to put the victim to visit...

CVE-2014-6939

The CVE-2014-6939 entry concerns the Android app Sketch W Friends FREE -Tablets (package air.com.xlabz.SketchWFriendsFree), version 5.0.0. The vulnerability is that the application does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which enables man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and ...

PT-2014-7615

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Sketch W Friends FREE -Tablets aka air.com.xlabz.SketchWFriendsFree version 5.0.0 Description The application does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive...

CVE-2014-6939: Undefined Security Weakness

The Sketch W Friends FREE -Tablets aka air.com.xlabz.SketchWFriendsFree application 5.0.0 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate...

College students concerned about information security

Universities and colleges have been under significant pressure to upgrade their technology both in and out of the classroom. For instance, many organizations turn to mobility as a way to engage students and facilitate learning campus-wide. While much of the discussion is around issues such as the...

Samsung's new OS Tizen 2.0 source code released

The Tizen 2.0 source code and SDK has officially been released. Tizen is a Linux-based open-source software platform backed by Intel and Samsung Electronics, that is designed for smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and in-car systems and it's designed to run apps written using web technologies...