Security experts detected that an ongoing attack campaign is spreading fake Fortnite Android games that lead to malware infections. Several outlets are being used to push the malicious apps — both third-party repositories and fake download sites. Malicious Fortnite Installers…
Security experts discovered a new Android infection mechanism called the Man-in-the-Disk attack. It takes advantage of a design issue found to be with the operating system itself that takes advantage of the external storage access. Abuse of this possibility can…
Security researchers alerted that hackers are distributing a malware Advanced Battery Saver Android on the Google Play Store. The hackers hijack personal data and reconfigure the devices in order to perform various system modifications. It is rated as a very…
HeroRat is the newest Trojan threat that appears to use the Telegram protocols in order to set up a secure connection to the hacker-controlled servers. The discovery was made due to its public source code release on the underground hacking…
Security experts discovered a dangerous malicious instance in Android devices. Yesterday one of the major anti-virus vendors announced that they have found that over 140 cheap Android devices that are being sold to customers include a threat known as the…
A relatively new research recently uncovered that there is a hidden patch gap in Android devices. Researchers spent two years analyzing 1,200 Android phones, and presenter the results during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam. Now, a new…
Security researchers discovered that a new Android malware strain has plagued the Google Play Store. According to the released information more than 500K downloads of the virus have been initiated. The target applications that sever as the payload delivery mechanism…
A new Android miner malware has been uncovered – ADB.Miner. The miner is wormable and is designed to scan a wide range of IP addresses to locate vulnerable devices. The miner was discovered by researchers at Netlab security firm. Related…
Google has delivered their last and probably final Android update for 2017. The bulletin amends a total of 47 vulnerabilities. Among them there are five critical remote code execution issues that are particularly worrisome. The Last Android Update for 2017…
Security experts uncovered that Google is actively tracking Android devices even when the relevant settings are turned off from the menu. This is particularly worrisome for users that prefer to keep their data private. Related Story: Your Privacy on Facebook…
Last week mobile security experts notified the public about a new attack using the newly-discovered Android Toast overlay exploit. The security issue that was found to be the main culprit is an overlay type of attack that is being exploited…
Security experts identified that the SonicSpy Android Spyware is being used to generate a lot of malicious apps for the mobile operating system. In several months time the hackers have been able to create over 1000 virus instances, some of…
Security engineers discovered that the SLocker Android ransomware family code base has been published in a decompiled (raw) form. This allows every hacker This is a prominent threat that has produced many strains ever since its first iteration. SLocker Android…
A new modification of the Svpeng Android malware has just been reported by security experts. It is able to steal sensitive information from the infected devices and includes a lot of advanced features. Related Story: Lipizzan Android Malware Could Spy…
Security researchers demonstrated a powerful Android hacking tool called AVPASS that is able to evade detection from almost all mobile antivirus software. A mass demonstration is scheduled at the annual Black Hat USA conference during the briefings that are going…
