Mobile & Wireless Android Update Patches Critical Vulnerability Android’s May 2024 security update patches 38 vulnerabilities, including a critical bug in the System component. Ionut ArghireMay 8, 2024
Mobile & Wireless Microsoft Warns of ‘Dirty Stream’ Vulnerability in Popular Android Apps Microsoft has uncovered a new type of attack called Dirty Stream that impacted Android apps with billions of installations. Eduard KovacsMay 3, 2024
Malware & Threats Wpeeper Android Trojan Uses Compromised WordPress Sites to Shield Command-and-Control Server The new Wpeeper Android trojan ceased operations after a week and has zero detections in VirusTotal. Ionut ArghireMay 1, 2024
Malware & Threats Google Says it Blocked 2.28 Million Apps from Google Play Store In 2023, Google said it blocked 2.28 million bad applications from being published on Google Play and banned 333,000 developer accounts. Ionut ArghireApril 29, 2024
Malware & Threats Powerful ‘Brokewell’ Android Trojan Allows Attackers to Takeover Devices A new Android trojan named Brokewell can steal user’s sensitive information and allows attackers to take over devices. Ionut ArghireApril 26, 2024
Mobile & Wireless Google Patches Exploited Pixel Vulnerabilities Google patches 28 vulnerabilities in Android and 25 bugs in Pixel devices, including two flaws exploited in the wild. Ionut ArghireApril 3, 2024
Malware & Threats ‘Vultur’ Android Malware Gets Extensive Device Interaction Capabilities NCC Group researchers warn that the Android banking malware ‘Vultur’ has been updated with device interaction and file tampering capabilities. Ionut ArghireApril 1, 2024
Malware & Threats VPN Apps on Google Play Turn Android Devices Into Proxies Human Security identifies 28 VPN applications for Android and an SDK that turn devices into proxies. Ionut ArghireMarch 27, 2024
Mobile & Wireless Android’s March 2024 Update Patches Critical Vulnerabilities Android’s March 2024 security update resolves 38 vulnerabilities, including two critical flaws in the System component. Ionut ArghireMarch 6, 2024
Vulnerabilities CISA Warns of Pixel Phone Vulnerability Exploitation CISA adds Pixel Android phone (CVE-2023-21237) and Sunhillo SureLine (CVE-2021-36380) flaws to its known exploited vulnerabilities catalog. Eduard KovacsMarch 6, 2024
Fraud & Identity Theft Google Announces Enhanced Fraud Protection for Android Google Play Protect will block the installation of sideloaded applications requesting permissions frequently abused by fraudsters. Ionut ArghireFebruary 8, 2024
Vulnerabilities Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Patched in Android Android’s February 2024 security patches resolve 46 vulnerabilities, including a critical remote code execution bug. Ionut ArghireFebruary 6, 2024