Tag: Android security
Surfshark Android App Gets MASA Certified
Penka Hristovska Updated on: December 19, 2023 Surfshark, one of the best VPNs on the market, has had its...
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Beware of predatory fin(tech): Loan sharks use Android apps to reach new depths
Since the beginning of 2023, ESET researchers have observed an alarming growth of deceptive Android loan apps, which present themselves as legitimate personal loan...
How to Outsmart Malware Attacks That Can Fool Antivirus Protection
Android is the most popular operating system for mobile devices, with more than 3 billion active users worldwide. However, this popularity also makes it...
Google Adds Security Audit Badges for VPNs in Play Store
Penka Hristovska Published on: November 7, 2023 Google is introducing an Independent Security Review badge to Google Play,...
Windows 11 also vulnerable to “aCropalypse” image data leakage
by Paul Ducklin Just yesterday, we wrote about a bug in Google Pixel phones, apparently now patched, with potentially dangerous...
Dangerous Android phone 0-day bugs revealed – patch or work around them now!
by Paul Ducklin Google has just revealed a fourfecta of critical zero-day bugs affecting a wide range of Android phones,...
Not-so-private messaging: Trojanized WhatsApp and Telegram apps go after cryptocurrency wallets
ESET researchers have discovered dozens of copycat Telegram and WhatsApp websites targeting mainly Android and Windows users with trojanized versions of these instant messaging...
Not‑so‑private messaging: Trojanized WhatsApp and Telegram apps go after cryptocurrency wallets
ESET researchers analyzed Android and Windows clippers that can tamper with instant messages and use OCR to steal cryptocurrency funds ESET researchers...
One of PC VR’s Most Anticipated Games Gets Updated Demo Prior to March Launch
Vertigo 2, the hotly awaited sequel to the original 2016 single-player VR adventure, has had the same demo on Steam for the...
Pwn2Own Toronto: 54 hacks, 63 new bugs, $1 million in bounties
by Paul Ducklin You’ve probably heard of Pwn2Own, a hacking contest that started life alongside the annual CanSecWest cybersecurity event...
Anticipated PC VR Title ‘Vertigo 2’ Gets Early 2023 Release Date & New Gameplay Trailer
Vertigo 2 has been on our radar thanks to its slick unique world and slick-looking weaponry. While we still have a little...
“Dirty Pipe” Linux kernel bug lets anyone write to any file
Even read-only files can be written to, leading to a dangerously general purpose elevation-of-privilege attack.
Google Bringing Privacy Sandbox to Android to Limit Sharing of User Data
Google on Wednesday announced plans to bring its Privacy Sandbox initiatives to Android in a bid to expand its privacy-focused, but also less disruptive, advertising technology beyond the desktop web.
To that end, the internet giant said it will work towards building solutions that prevent cross-app tracking à la Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework, effectively limiting sharing of
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