Pierluigi Paganini
September 11, 2017
Google just fixed a high-severity Android vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0752, that ties with the Toast Overlay attacks. Security researchers with Palo Alto Networks Unit 42, warned of a high-severity Android vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0752, that ties with the âtoast attackâ overlay vulnerability. The experts reported that it is possible to abuse Androidâs toast notification, a feature […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 06, 2017
Boffins have discovered a series of code execution and denial of service flaws in the bootloaders of popular mobile platforms using custom tool BootStomp. A group of nine researchers from the University of California Santa Barbara researchers has discovered a number of code execution and denial of service flaw in the bootloaders of Android chipsets from six vendors. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 03, 2017
Google removed almost 300 Android apps from the official Play Store after expert at ESET reported they were abused for a DDoS attack. This week Google has removed at least 300 apps from the Official Play Store after learning that apps were being hijacked to power DDoS attacks. âWe identified approximately 300 apps associated with […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2017
Security researchers from McAfee have spotted a new Android banking Trojan dubbed MoqHao, targeting South Korean users via SMS phishing messages. Attackers send phishing emails with a malicious code link that tricks victims into believing that it points to a lost private picture or a Chrome update. When victims click on the shortened links in the SMS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 25, 2017
Researchers at Symantec have discovered Trojan Development Kits that allow creating Android ransomware without the need to write code. Ransomware continues to represent a serious threat to users and organizations. Unfortunately, it is easy for crooks arranging their own ransomware campaign by using numerous RaaS services offered online. Recently researchers at Symantec discovered a new […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 18, 2017
Kaspersky discovered a news strain of the mobile banking Trojan Faketoken that displays overlays on top of taxi booking apps to steal banking information. Security experts from Kaspersky have discovered a news strain of the infamous mobile banking trojan Faketoken that implements capabilities to detect and record an infected device’s calls and display overlays on top […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 02, 2017
Security experts at Kaspersky discovered the dreaded Svpeng Trojan has been recently modified to implement keylogger features. Cyber criminals are becoming even more aggressive and are using new stealth techniques. Security experts at Kaspersky have discovered that one of the most dangerous Android banking Trojan, Svpeng, has been recently modified to implement keylogger features to […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 29, 2017
Malware researchers at the Russian anti-virus firm Dr.Web have spotted the Triada Trojan in the firmware of several low-cost Android smartphones. Another case of pre-installed malware make the headlines, malware researchers at the Russian anti-virus firm Dr.Web have spotted the Triada Trojan in the firmware of several low-cost Android smartphones, including Leagoo M5 Plus, Leagoo M8, Nomu S10, and Nomu […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 27, 2017
Google has identified a new strain of Android malware, the Lipizzan spyware, that could be used as a powerful surveillance tool. Malware researchers at Google have spotted a new strain of Android spyware dubbed Lipizzan that could exfiltrate any kind of data from mobile devices and use them as surveillance tools. The Lipizzan spyware is a project developed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 24, 2017
The SLocker code leaked online, it is one of the oldest mobile lock screen and file-encrypting ransomware. The code of the SLocker Android malware, one of the most popular Android ransomware families, has been leaked online for free, allowing crooks to develop their own variant of the threat. SLocker was first spotted in 2015, it is the […]
