Android

Pierluigi Paganini August 09, 2016
900M+ Android users exposed to hack due to Qualcomm Quadrooter flaws

Experts from Checkpoint have found four major vulnerabilities dubbed Quadrooter in Qualcomm chips that expose more than 900M Android users to hack. Security experts from the security firm Checkpoint have found four major vulnerabilities, dubbed Quadrooter, in the firmware running on the in the Qualcomm chips that equip modern Android devices. The Quadrooter flaws could be […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2016
A New Google API Launched, in Avoidance of Android Passwords

Google has launched a new Google API working together with Dashlane, to stop using passwords for Android users and improving the user experience. It is true that Android security apps work wonder and also Google has been trying to use fewer passwords or none whatsoever, making it harder for someone to penetrate the privacy of its users. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2016
Android.Fakebank.B inhibits outgoing calls to bank customer services

Security researchers from Symantec have discovered a new variant of the Android.Fakebank.B banking trojan that prevents users from calling banks. Security experts from Symantec have spotted a new strain of mobile Trojan dubbed Android.Fakebank.B that prevents users from making outgoing calls to banks from their mobile devices. Android.Fakebank.B was first spotted in October 2013, it was able to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 14, 2016
Millions of Xiaomi Smartphone vulnerable to remote hacking

Millions of Xiaomi smartphone are affected by a critical remote code execution flaw that could be exploited by hackers to take over the mobile devices. Millions of Xiaomi mobile are vulnerable to remote hacking due to a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability that could be exploited by hackers to take over the mobile devices. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 11, 2016
Be careful backdoored Pokemon GO Android App spotted in the wild

ProofPoint have found in the wild a backdoored version of the popular Pokemon GO Android App that could allow attackers to gain control over victim’s device The gamers are going crazy for the last Nintendo game Pokemon GO which uses augmented reality , the mobile app is used by players to walk around and collect […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2016
Hacking mobile via hidden voice commands embedded in YouTube videos

A group of researchers has devised a new method for hacking mobile devices by using hidden voice commands in YouTube videos. A group of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Georgetown University has devised a method for hacking mobile devices by using hidden voice commands embedded in YouTube videos. In order to hack […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2016
Yingmob Chinese Ad Company infected 10 million Android devices for click revenue

Chinese Ad company Yingmob ’s developers are allegedly responsible for the infection of approximately 10 million Android devices. Chinese Ad company Yingmob’s developers are allegedly responsible for the infection of approximately 10 million Android devices which is reportedly generating an income of around $300,000 USD per month. CheckPoint, the security company famous for their network […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2016
Tesco Bank mobile app won’t run with Tor Orbot tool installed

This week it was discovered that the Tesco Android Bank app won’t run with the Orbot privacy tool installed on the user’s mobile device. I always highlighted the importance of censorship and internet monitoring, architectures like the Tor network are much more than evil tools in the hands of crooks, but probably someone has a different opinion. Tesco Bank […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 14, 2016
Watch out, FLocker Ransomware targets Android smart TVs

The day has come, Sharp and Philips smart TV running the Android TV OS could be infected by a ransomware dubbed FLocker ransomware. When a journalist asked me which is a possible evolution of ransomware I had no doubt, the Internet of Things. I was thinking of ransomware that infects medical devices and Smart objects in our homes. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 30, 2016
Android 6.0 Marshmallow permission-granting model is under attack

Malware researchers are warning Android’s latest permission-granting model in version 6.0 Marshmallow is now been targeted by Mobile malware authors. Android’s latest permission-granting model in version 6.0 Marshmallow is now been targeted by Mobile malware authors. The model  will let users grant permissions only when it is required by the app, rather be accepting all […]