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Android
Legitimate Android app transforms into data-snooping malware

ESET researchers have discovered a trojanized Android app named iRecorder – Screen Recorder. It was available on Google Play as a legitimate app in September 2021, with …

Google
Google notifies users about dark web exposure

Google has announced new tools, features and updates to improve users’ online safety, help them evaluate content found online, and alert them if their Gmail identity …

Google Play
Google Play apps will allow users to initiate in-app account deletion

Google Play will be pushing Android app developers to allow users to delete their account and associated data from within the app. Users will also be given the option to only …

security platform
CloudSEK BeVigil app protects Android users from security risks

CloudSEK launched the BeVigil app to provide users with detailed information about the security and privacy practices of their mobile apps. With the BeVigil App, users can …

loan apps Android iOS
Predatory loan mobile apps grab data, harass users and their contacts

Lookout researchers have discovered nearly 300 Android and iOS apps that trick victims into unfair loan terms, exfiltrate excessive user data from mobile devices, and then use …

Android 13
Google releases Android 13 with improved privacy and security features

Google released Android 13, and it is already rolling out to eligible Pixel smartphones. In this Help Net Security video, you’ll learn more about the latest privacy and …

FluBot
FluBot takedown: Law enforcement takes control of Android spyware’s infrastructure

An international law enforcement operation involving 11 countries has disrupted the spreading of the FluBot Android malware, which spreads via SMS and MMS and steals sensitive …

Android 13
Google offers 50% higher bounties for bugs in Android 13 Beta

Google has released Android 13 Beta 1 and has sent out a call for bug hunters: Find bugs in it, and you’ll get a 50% bonus reward payout. They should hurry up, though: …

Linux
Easily exploitable Linux bug gives root access to attackers (CVE-2022-0847)

An easily exploitable vulnerability (CVE-2022-0847) in the Linux kernel can be used by local unprivileged users to gain root privileges on vulnerable systems by taking …

RDP
End of 2021 witnessed an explosion of RDP brute-force attacks

RDP brute-force attacks continue to be one of the most used attack vectors for breaching enterprise networks, ESET’s latest Threat Report has revealed. RDP brute-force …

Android explode
Malware resets Android devices after performing fraudulent wire transfers

If your Android phone initiates a factory reset out of the blue, there’s a chance it has been infected with the BRATA banking malware and you’ve just been ripped …

Google Play
300.000+ users downloaded malware droppers from Google Play

Since August 2021, malware peddlers have managed to spread four families of Android banking trojans via malware droppers introduced in Google Play. They did it by employing a …

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