FREAK bug breaks SSL encryption for Android and Apple devices
A flaw in OpenSSL and Apple’s Secure Transport implementation of SSL and TLS protocols is putting millions of Android and Apple device users as well as visitors of …
Mass infection malware attack targets Android
AdaptiveMobile uncovered one of the single largest messaging-initiated mobile malware outbreaks. The malware, dubbed Gazon, which uses victims’ mobile phone contacts to …
A threat assessment of 7 million iOS and Android apps
Android malware is growing more pervasive, and iOS devices are also increasingly at risk. FireEye analyzed seven million mobile apps on both Android and iOS platforms from …
Aggressive adware in Google Play apps
Bitdefender has discovered 10 Google Play apps that have been packed full of aggressive adware. These either subscribe users to premium-rate numbers using scareware messages …
How safe are Android-based children’s tablets?
Looking for an Android-based tablet for your child but don’t know which one to choose? If you are concerned about the security of your child’s data – as you …
Mobile apps left vulnerable for months
McAfee Labs researchers found that mobile app providers have been slow to address the most basic SSL vulnerabilities: improper digital certificate chain validation. In …
New Android Trojan fakes device shut down, spies on users
A new Android Trojan that tricks users into believing they have shut their device down while it continues working, and is able to silently make calls, send messages, take …
Improved Simplocker variant hits Android users hard
Mobile crypto-ransomware Simplocker has evolved, and returning the encrypted files to their unencrypted state is no longer easy as it was. First spotted in June 2014, …
Google Play flaw opens Android devices to silent malware installation
Android users are in danger of getting malicious apps silently installed on their devices by attackers, warns Rapid7’s Tod Beardsley, technical lead for the Metasploit …
Majority of dating apps are open to hacks
IBM Security found that over 60% of leading Android dating mobile apps they studied are potentially vulnerable to a variety of cyber-attacks that put personal user information …
Why Google won’t be updating pre-KitKat WebKit anymore
Two weeks ago, Rapid 7 researchers discovered that Google will no longer be providing security patches for WebView used in pre-KitKat (v4.4) Android versions, meaning that …
Android Wi-Fi Direct DoS vulnerability discovered
Some Android devices are affected by a Denial of Service attack when scanning for WiFi Direct devices, according to Andres Blanco from the CoreLabs Team. An attacker could …