Toast Overlay attacks

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2017
TOASTAMIGO – the first known strain of malware that uses the Toast Overlay exploit

Trend Micro spotted TOASTAMIGO, the first known malware that uses the recently patched vulnerability that ties with the Toast Overlay attacks. Malware researchers at Trend Micro have spotted the first known strain of malware that triggers the recently patched vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2017-0752, that ties with the Toast Overlay attacks. The vulnerability was discovered in September by security […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2017
Toast Overlay attacks, a Cloak and Dagger with No Permissions, fixed by Google

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 “toast attack” overlay vulnerability. The experts reported that it is possible to abuse Android’s toast notification, a feature […]