An entirely ordinary Android application, devoid of any requested permissions, can now seize absolute control over contemporary flagship smartphones. Calif researcher Lucas Maar brilliantly demonstrated a devastating attack vector targeting devices from Samsung, Xiaomi,...
The notorious banking trojan ToxicPanda has resurfaced in a significantly more formidable iteration. ToxicPanda 2.0 now possesses the capability to pilfer PINs from banking and cryptocurrency applications. It intercepts smartphone lock passwords with alarming...
Android’s crowning convenience for power users may soon vanish as Google endeavors to fortify system security. Company engineers have proposed prohibiting devices from connecting to their internal debugging service via local loopback addresses a...
A security research firm has disclosed a two-vulnerability exploit chain named IonStack that affects Android 17. Nebula Security identified both vulnerabilities and has already notified the relevant developers. The company reports no evidence of...
WhatsApp has remediated two vulnerabilities within its messaging architecture following disclosures through Meta’s bug bounty program. Both flaws were assigned a moderate severity rating and have been comprehensively patched; notably, the corporation has identified...
KnoxSpy KnoxSpy is developed by Appknox, a leading mobile security company dedicated to making mobile applications more secure through innovative security testing tools and platforms. Traditional proxy tools like Burp Suite fail when dealing with: Mobile Device...
The March Android security update remediates scores of vulnerabilities, amongst which lurks a peril of profound severity. A critical flaw within this cohort empowers a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code remotely upon the...
A smartphone rests securely in a pocket, its screen darkened, its owner initiating nothing; yet at this very moment, the device is silently generating illicit revenue for fraudsters. Experts at the IAS Threat Lab...
A cursory engagement with a hyperlink in Telegram can result in the inadvertent exfiltration of one’s authentic IP address, notwithstanding the user’s conviction that they are shielded by a proxy. Security researchers have identified...
A critical vulnerability has been unearthed within the Linux kernel, requiring only a fleeting temporal window for exploitation before the kernel erroneously interacts with deallocated memory. This is no longer a mere theoretical abstraction;...
Android is expanding its pilot program to combat phone scams in which fraudsters persuade victims to enable screen sharing during a call and open banking or payment applications. Google says it has spent years...
Google has released the Android 16 QPR2 update, introducing substantial refinements across the interface, developer tooling, and system capabilities. This marks the platform’s first use of a minor-SDK mechanism, allowing new APIs and features...
