Google recently removed 145 applications from the official Google Play store because they were found to carry malicious Windows executables inside. Researchers from Palo Alto Networks revealed that Google removed more than 145 apps from the Play store ...
Google has updated the Play Store Developer Policy page to ban mobile mining apps that mine cryptocurrencies using the computational resources of the devices. Due to the surge in cryptocurrency prices, many legitimate websites and mobile apps are increasingly...
Security researchers have found a high severity flaw (CVE-2018-5383) affecting some Bluetooth implementations that allow attackers to manipulate traffic. Security researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology have found a high severity vulnerability...
It is common for developers to use debugging tools with elevated privileges while they are trying to troubleshoot their code. But crooks can abuse them too. In an ideal world, all of the security controls are applied and all of the debugging tools are removed...
Security experts are warning of an intensification of attacks powered by two notorious IoT botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt. Security experts are warning of a new wave of attacks powered by two botnets, Mirai and Gafgyt. Since the code of the infamous Mirai...
Researchers at CSE Cybsec ZLab analyzed a malicious code involved in a long-term espionage campaign in Syria attributed to a APT-C-27 group. A few days ago, the security researcher Lukas Stefanko from ESET discovered an open repository containing some...
Once USB Restricted Mode is enabled on a device, no data communications occur over the Lightning port, but experts found a way to reset the countdown timer. Recently Apple released the iOS 11.4.1 that introduced a new security feature, dubbed USB Restricted...
This week Google released the July 2018 Android patches that address tens of vulnerabilities in the popular mobile operating system. Google released the July 2018 Android patches that address a total of 11 vulnerabilities, including three Critical issues...
Israeli military intelligence accused Hamas operatives of creating tainted apps to lure soldiers into downloading spyware onto their phones. According to a report published by the Israeli military, Hamas hackers are attempting to lure Israel Defence...
rThis week researchers demonstrated that most Android phones released since 2012 are still vulnerable to the RAMpage attack. In 2012, security researchers identified a bug in modern DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chips that could lead to memory...