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Android devices vulnerable

Android Flashlight apps

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Hundreds Of Android Flashlight Apps Demand Unnecessary Permissions

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 Abeerah Hashim 2317 Views 0 Comments android, android app, Android Application, Android Apps, android apps containing malware, android device, Android devices vulnerable, Android exposes internal data, Android Flashlight apps, Android Phone, android smartphone, app permission, device access permission, Flashlight App, Google, Google Play, google play store, hack android phone, malicious app, malicious Flashlight app, play store, Play Store malicious apps

Google has been tightening up its security checks for applications on the Play Store for quite a while. Yet, these

Android zero-day flaw

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An Android Zero-Day Remains Unpatched Despite Being Known For Several Months

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 Abeerah Hashim 2831 Views 0 Comments android, android device, Android devices vulnerable, Android flaw, Android OS, Android OS flaw, Android OS vulnerability, Android privilege escalation, Android vulnerability, Android zero day, bug, flaw, Privilege Escalation, Trend Micro, vulnerability, Zero Day, zero day vulnerability, Zero-Day Flaw, zeroday

Researchers have caught up with a zero-day vulnerability in Android OS that allows an attacker to escalate user privileges. What’s

old Android app delivered malware

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Old Android App CamScanner With 100M Downloads Starts Delivering Malware

August 30, 2019August 30, 2019 Abeerah Hashim 3873 Views android, android app, Android app malware, Android Application, Android Apps, android apps containing malware, android device, Android devices vulnerable, android malware, android malware dropper, Android Phone, Android RAT, android smartphone, apps containing malware, fake Android app, fake app, Fake Application, Google, Google Play, google play store, hack android phone, malware, Malware Attack, Malware Campaign, Malware developer, Malware distributor, play store

An old Android app stealthily targeted a Millions of Android users. As discovered by the researchers, CamScanner, an app that

AhMyth malware

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AhMyth Malware Appears on Google Play Store As a Music App

August 25, 2019September 9, 2019 Abeerah Hashim 3036 Views AhMyth, AhMyth malware, AhMyth spyware, android, android app, Android app malware, Android Application, Android Apps, android apps containing malware, android device, Android devices vulnerable, android malware, android malware dropper, Android Phone, Android RAT, android smartphone, apps containing malware, fake Android app, fake app, Fake Application, Google, Google Play, google play store, hack android phone, malware, Malware Attack, Malware Campaign, Malware developer, Malware distributor, play store, RATS, Spyware

Researchers have spotted an artistic way adopted by hackers to spy on users. Reportedly, a music app existed on the

Cerberus malware

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Cerberus Malware Emerges As A Novel Android Banking Trojan

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 Abeerah Hashim 7173 Views android, Android devices vulnerable, android hack, android malware, android malware dropper, Android RAT, android sensor hack, android sensor hacked, android sensor hacking, android smartphone, antivirus, Antivirus Software, Banking, banking app malware, banking trojan, banking trojans, Botnet, Botnet attacks, Botnet malware, Cerberus, Cerberus Android trojan, Cerberus malware, Cerberus trojan, Google Play Protect, hack android phone, malware, Malware Attack, Malware Campaign, Malware developer, Malware distributor, malware-as-a-service, mobile banking app malware, RATS, trojan

A new banking trojan has made it to the news owing to its unique code and evasion techniques. Dubbed as

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Numerous Android Antivirus Apps Found to Contain Critical Security Vulnerabilities

August 6, 2019August 6, 2019 Abeerah Hashim 4585 Views android, Android antimalware, android antivirus apps, android app, Android Application, Android Apps, android device, Android devices vulnerable, Android Phone, android smartphone, antimalware, antivirus, antivirus apps, Antivirus Software, app permission, device access permission, fake Android app

An antivirus app should ideally keep the phone safe from security threats. However, researchers have found numerous Android antivirus apps

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Android Media Framework Flaw Could Get Phones Hacked By Playing Malicious Video

July 27, 2019July 27, 2019 Abeerah Hashim 3146 Views android, android 7.0, android 7.1, android 8.0, android 8.1, android 9.0, android developer, android device, Android devices vulnerable, android hack, Android Media Framework, Android Media Framework flaw, Android Media Framework vulnerability, android nougat, android o, Android Oreo, Android OS, Android P, Android Phone, Android Pie, android smartphone, bug, embedded online video, flaw, hack android phone, online video, video, vulnerability

Most smartphone users love to watch innocent videos of babies, pets, and other cute moments. Interestingly, the hackers also like

android spearphone attack

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Spearphone Attack Allows Android Apps to Listen To Your Loudspeaker Conversations

July 20, 2019July 20, 2019 Abeerah Hashim 1920 Views accelerometer, android, android app, Android Application, Android Apps, android device, Android devices vulnerable, android hack, Android Phone, android sensor hack, android sensor hacked, android sensor hacking, android smartphone, Apearphone attack, flaw, glitch, gyroscope, motion sensor, Spearphone, vulnerability

It hasn’t been long since we studied how Android apps evade app permissions to exfiltrate user data. Once again, researchers

agent smith android malware

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Agent Smith Android Malware Infected 25 Million Devices Globally

July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 Abeerah Hashim 8770 Views 9Apps, Agent Smith, Agent Smith Android malware, Agent Smith malware, android, android adware campaign, android app, Android app malware, Android Application, Android Apps, android apps containing malware, android device, Android devices vulnerable, android hack, android malware, android malware dropper, android smartphone, apps containing malware, apps for hacking android, fake Android app, malware, Malware Attack, Malware Campaign, Malware distributor, malware dropper, third party apps, third party sites, third-party

Another Android malware has come into the limelight recently. Regretfully, it has already infected 25 millions Android devices predominantly in

android apps evade app permissions

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Hundreds Of Popular Android Apps Evade App Permissions To Access User Data

July 14, 2019July 14, 2019 Abeerah Hashim 3256 Views Advertiser Id, android, Android adevrtiser ID, android app, Android Application, Android Apps, android apps evade app permission, android device, Android devices vulnerable, Android exposes internal data, android hack, Android monitoring, Android Phone, Android Q, android smartphone, app permission, background location control, background location tracking, data collection, data collection app, device access permission, device identifier, geolocation, Google privacy, leaked user data, location, location data, location data sharing, MAC address, privacy breach, privacy bypass, privacy violation, track imei number, user data compromised, vulnerabilities, vulnerability

While dealing with Android apps, one of the common suggestions from security experts is to review app permissions. It means

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