Artie Beaty/ZDNET If you’re a fan of dark mode on your Android phone, this one is for you. A hidden feature in an Android beta forces all apps into dark mode — even ones that don’t naturally support it. While the Android OS and most popular Android apps already have a built-in dark mode option, […]
Apr 18, 2024NewsroomMobile Security / Malware A new Android trojan called SoumniBot has been detected in the wild targeting users in South Korea by leveraging weaknesses in the manifest extraction and parsing procedure. The malware is “notable for an unconventional approach to evading analysis and detection, namely obfuscation of the Android manifest,” Kaspersky researcher Dmitry […]
Apr 10, 2024NewsroomMobile Security / Spyware An active Android malware campaign dubbed eXotic Visit has been primarily targeting users in South Asia, particularly those in India and Pakistan, with malware distributed via dedicated websites and Google Play Store. Slovak cybersecurity firm said the activity, ongoing since November 2021, is not linked to any known threat […]
Two China-based Android app developers are being sued by Google for an alleged scam targeting 100,000 users worldwide through fake cryptocurrency and other investment apps. The company is taking action after scammers reportedly tricked victims with bogus promises of high returns from Android apps offering cryptocurrency investment opportunities. At least 87 fake apps on Google […]
Apr 03, 2024NewsroomMobile Security / Zero Day Google has disclosed that two Android security flaws impacting its Pixel smartphones have been exploited in the wild by forensic companies. The high-severity zero-day vulnerabilities are as follows – CVE-2024-29745 – An information disclosure flaw in the bootloader component CVE-2024-29748 – A privilege escalation flaw in the firmware […]
Apr 01, 2024NewsroomBotnet / Mobile Security Several malicious Android apps that turn mobile devices running the operating system into residential proxies (RESIPs) for other threat actors have been observed on the Google Play Store. The findings come from HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence team, which said the cluster of VPN apps came fitted with a Golang […]
The Android banking trojan known as Vultur has resurfaced with a suite of new features and improved anti-analysis and detection evasion techniques, enabling its operators to remotely interact with a mobile device and harvest sensitive data. “Vultur has also started masquerading more of its malicious activity by encrypting its C2 communication, using multiple encrypted payloads […]
Take action: Not the most urgent patch level for Android but definitely an important one for Pixel devices. It’s still wise to apply the Android patch as soon as your vendor releases an update for your phone. Depending on the vendor you might wait for some weeks before the update is released for your phone. […]
Take action: Not the most urgent patch level for Android but definitely an important one for Pixel devices. It’s still wise to apply the Android patch as soon as your vendor releases an update for your phone. Depending on the vendor you might wait for some weeks before the update is released for your phone. […]