On June 28th, researchers from Zimperium zLab researchers observed that Joe Sandbox announced the availability of an Android APK that could not be analyzed …
Recently, researchers from McAfee’s Mobile Research Team discovered 43 Android apps in Google Play with 2.5 million installs that …
Google Cybersecurity Action Team (GCAT) revealed that threat actors are using a technique called versioning to evade malware detection implemented …
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The summer patch cycle shows no signs of slowing down, with tech giants Apple, Google, and Microsoft releasing multiple updates to fix flaws being used in real-life attacks. July also saw serious bugs squashed by enterprise
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Security researchers have unearthed a rare malware find: malicious Android apps that use optical character recognition to steal credentials displayed on phone screens.
The malware, dubbed CherryBlos by researchers from security firm Trend Micro, has been
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On Tuesday, OpenAI released an official ChatGPT app for Android, now available in the Google Play store in four countries: the US, India, Bangladesh, and Brazil, with more coming soon. As a client for OpenAI's language model
China-linked APT group APT41 has been observed using two previously undocumented Android spyware called WyrmSpy and DragonEgg.
The APT41 group, aka Winnti, Axiom, Barium, Blackfly, HOODOO) is a …
Researchers from cybersecurity firm Pradeo discovered two malicious apps on Google Play hinding spyware and spying …
July security updates for Android addressed more than 40 vulnerabilities, including three flaws that were actively exploited in targeted attacks.
“There are indications …
A joint study conducted by vx-underground and SentinelOne recently revealed that a Mexican threat actor that goes online with the …
The phone monitoring app LetMeSpy disclosed a security breach, threat actors have stolen sensitive data associated with thousands of Android users, including messages, …
ESET researchers discovered an updated version of Android GravityRAT spyware that steals WhatsApp backup files and can delete files. The malware …
The June 2023 Android Security Bulletin provides details about the fix for more than …
Bitdefender announced the discovery of more than 60,000 Android apps in the past six months that were spotted installing adware on Android devices.
The …
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Smartphone malware sold to governments around the world can surreptitiously record voice calls and nearby audio, collect data from apps such as Signal and WhatsApp, and hide apps or prevent them from running upon device reboots, researchers from Cisco’s
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An app that had more than 50,000 downloads from Google Play surreptitiously recorded nearby audio every 15 minutes and sent it to the app developer, a researcher from security firm ESET said.
The app, titled iRecorder
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Overall, Android devices have earned a decidedly mixed reputation for security. While the OS itself and Google's Pixels have
Fleckpe is a new Android subscription Trojan that spreads via Google Play, the malware discovered by Kaspersky is …
Researchers at the Lookout Threat Lab have discovered a new Android surveillance spyware, dubbed BouldSpy, that was used by the Law Enforcement Command of …
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Federal authorities, tech pundits, and news outlets want you to be on the lookout for a scary cyberattack that can hack your phone when you do nothing more than plug it into a