Mobile Security

Mobile Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Dangerous spyware masquerading as a set of legitimate Telegram “mods” inside the official Google Play app store has been downloaded tens of thousands of times — and its existence poses serious ramifications for business users. Modified applications (“mods”) for the popular messaging client are a well-known part of the Telegram ecosystem. Mods are apps that…

Mobile Security

Issued by: Security Affairs

Google released September 2023 Android security updates that address tens of vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw tracked as CVE-2023-35674 that was actively exploited in the wild. This high-severity vulnerability CVE-2023-35674 resides in the Framework component, a threat actor could exploit the issue to escalate privileges without requiring user interaction or additional execution privileges. “There are…

Mobile Security

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Hackers aligned with Chinese interests are targeting Android users with fake encrypted chat apps Trojanized with espionage capabilities in separate and ongoing campaigns, one active since July 2020 and the other for more than 12 months. Researchers at Eset on Wednesday attributed the campaigns to a threat group tracked as Gref, which overlaps with activity…

Mobile Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Attackers are increasingly targeting users through their mobile devices, attacking vulnerabilities in services that are built into applications and mounting increasing numbers of SMS phishing attacks. That’s according to mobile security firm Zimperium’s 2023 “Global Mobile Threat Report,” which also found that the average number of unique mobile malware samples grew 51% in 2022, totaling…

Mobile Security

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Android smartphone device manufacturer Samsung has a patch for a flaw used by commercial surveillance hackers to implant malware in the United Arab Emirates. Security researchers at Google and Amnesty International in March reported an exploit chain apparently developed by Barcelona spyware vendor Variston to deploy a surveillance malware to devices located in the UAE….

Mobile Security

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Researchers found Android malware masquerading as a legitimate application available and downloaded over 620,000 times from the Google Play store. The apps have been active since 2022, posing as legitimate photo-editing apps, camera editors and smartphone wallpaper packs. Researchers found 11 legitimate applications infected with the malware, dubbed Fleckpe by Kaspersky, which have been since…

Mobile Security

Issued by: SecurityWeek

Google’s Android security bulletin for April 2023 describes 26 vulnerabilities resolved in the Framework and System components as part of the 2023-04-01 security patch level. Most of these are high-severity flaws leading to elevation of privilege (EoP) or information disclosure. Two of the 16 issues addressed in System, however, are critical-severity RCE bugs, tracked as…

Mobile Security

Issued by: CSO Online

Several commercial spyware vendors developed and used zero-day exploits against iOS and Android users last year. However, their exploit chains also relied on known vulnerabilities to work, highlighting the importance of both users and device manufacturers to speed up the adoption of security patches. “The zero-day exploits were used alongside n-day exploits and took advantage…

Mobile Security

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Google suspended popular budget e-commerce application Pinduoduo from the Play Store after detecting malware on versions of the Chinese app downloadable from other online stores. In a statement on Tuesday, Google said it took action to block the installation of Pinduoduo on Android devices and said it would scan smartphones for malicious versions through its…

Mobile Security

Issued by: Security Affairs

The author of the Xenomorph Android malware, the Hadoken Security Group, continues to improve their malicious code. In February 2022, researchers from ThreatFabric first spotted the Xenomorph malware, which was distributed via the official Google Play Store reaching over 50,000 installations. The banking Trojan was used to target 56 European banks and steal sensitive information…