mobile app

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2016
SideStepper method allows to infect iOS devices via MDM Solutions

SideStepper is a method to install malicious apps on iOS devices by abusing the mobile device management (MDM) solutions. Security researchers from the Check Point firm have devised a method to install a malicious code on iOS devices by abusing the mobile device management (MDM) solutions used by many enterprises. The technique relies on a vulnerability dubbed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2015
Fitbit trackers can be infected with a malware in just 10 seconds

A security expert conducted a series of tests on the Fitbit trackers discovering how they can be infected with a malware in just 10 seconds. The security researcher Axelle Apvrille revealed that infect Fitbit trackers with a malware is too easy. Axelle Apvrille has managed to infect FitBit Flex fitness tracker and uses them as infection […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 27, 2015
Advertising hijacking made by Invisible rogue mobile apps are wasting petabytes of data a day

Mobile Malware is growing and crooks are targeting the advertising industry to redirect users to ad pages in a sort of Advertising hijacking. Mobile Malware is growing and crooks are targeting the advertising industry with malicious codes able to redirect users to ad pages, this practice is known as Advertising hijacking. These “rogue mobile apps” […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 17, 2015
Bogus News mobile App discovered in Hacking Team arsenal

Experts at Trend Micro have discovered a malicious Android App while they were analyzing the package of data stolen from Hacking Team. Experts at Trendmicro analyzing package of data stolen from Hacking Team systems discovered a fake news app that was designed to circumvent filtering in Google Play. The malicious app was downloaded only 50 […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2015
How to easily hack a WhatsApp Account?

TheHackerNews has reported a simple trick that allows to hijack a WhatsApp account easily on every mobile platform by knowing the victim’s phone number. The popular mobile messaging app WhatsApp is vulnerable to hijacking exposing hundreds of Millions of users vulnerable to attack. It could be quite easy to take over a WhatsApp account when the attacker […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 22, 2015
PowerSpy – How to spy on mobile users by monitoring the power supply

A group of researchers has proposed a new technique dubbed PowerSpy to track mobile users’ location by analyzing data related to the power supply. A group of researchers at Stanford University and the Israeli defense company Rafael has discovered a way to track mobile devices by analyzing the power supply. The experts have proposed a technique […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2015
Fake WhatsApp for Web offered in the wild

Cybercriminals are offering worldwide a fake WhatsApp for Web in spam campaign with the intent to serve banking malware and run other kinds of scams. Recently WhatsApp launched its web service that could be used by using Google Chrome and allows users to access all the conversations and messages from the mobile device. “Our web client is […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2014
LogDog Internet Security Survey – November 2014

Mobile developers behind the Logdog app have conducted a rapid survey to analyze the trend in the hacking of accounts for the principal web services. A few weeks ago I was contacted by LogDog, a company that has developed is free protection app from hacking attacks and identity theft, the developer asked me to try the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2014
GCHQ launches Cryptoy mobile app to teach cryptography

Cryptoy is the free educational app about cryptography designed by GCHQ for use by secondary school students and their teachers. The British Intelligence agency GCHQ has launched “Cryptoy”, an Android mobile app that was designed to encourage youngsters to tackle emerging cyber security threats, the Agency made it available to download today. The Cryptoy mobile app was developed by […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2014
Hacking RFID payment smart cards with an Android App

TrendMicro explained the mechanisms behind the hacking of RFID payment smartcards, explained how to do it with an Android App. Security experts recently spotted an Android app used to hack the NFC based electronic payment system used in Chile, the “Tarjeta BIP!”. The malicious Android app detected as ANDROIDOS_STIP.A was designed to attack NFC devices and distributed online through forums and blogs. […]