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ESET found a new remote access trojan (RAT), dubbed AhRat, on the Google Play Store that was concealed in an Android screen recording app. ESET researchers have discovered an Android app on Google Play that was hiding a new remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed AhRat. The app, named iRecorder – Screen Recorder, has more than […]
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Google introduced Mobile VRP (vulnerability rewards program), a new bug bounty program for reporting vulnerabilities in its mobile applications. Google announced a new bug bounty program, named Mobile VRP (vulnerability rewards program), that covers its mobile applications. Google’s Mobile VRP is a bug bounty program for reporting vulnerabilities in first-party Android applications developed or maintained […]
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Security researchers recently published a paper detailing an attack they say can be used to bypass smartphone fingerprint authentication. Yiling He of China’s Zhejiang University and Yu Chen of Tencent Security’s Xuanwu Lab are calling the attack BrutePrint, which they say can be used to hijack fingerprint images. An attack like BrutePrint could present a […]
The post A Threat to Passkeys? BrutePrint Attack Bypasses Fingerprint Authentication appeared first on eSecurityPlanet.
The Lemon Group cybercrime ring has reportedly pre-installed malware known as Guerilla on almost 9 million Android devices. A cybercrime group tracked has Lemon Group has reportedly pre-installed malware known as Guerilla on almost 9 million Android devices. Infected devices were used for multiple malicious activities, including traffic redirections through mobile proxies, info-stealing, click fraud, and […]
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Apple released security updates to address three zero-day vulnerabilities in iPhones, Macs, and iPads that are actively exploited in attacks. Apple has addressed three new zero-day vulnerabilities that are actively exploited in attacks in the wild to hack into iPhones, Macs, and iPads. The three vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2023-32409, CVE-2023-28204, and CVE-2023-32373, reside in the […]
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Sharing files between an Android device and a PC is a common need for years. Whether you want to transfer data from your phone to your computer or vice versa, you get tons of methods to do so. But there was no official, quicker, and seamless way for this until now. Google has recently been […]
The post How to Transfer Data between Android and PC Seamlessly first appeared on Internet Security Blog – Hackology.
Fleckpe is a new Android subscription Trojan that was discovered in the Google Play Store, totaling more than 620,000 downloads since 2022. Fleckpe is a new Android subscription Trojan that spreads via Google Play, the malware discovered by Kaspersky is hidden in photo editing apps, smartphone wallpaper packs, and other general-purpose apps. The malicious campaign […]
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In 2022, Google prevented 1.43 million policy-violating apps from being published in the official Google Play store. Google announced that it prevented 1.43 million policy-violating applications from being published on Google Play in 2022. The IT giant also announced it has banned 173k developer accounts and prevented over $2 billion in fraudulent and abusive transactions. Google […]
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Samsung has been one of Google’s biggest partners over the years. It has constantly been using Google’s operating system and its pre-installed apps like Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, etc on its devices. However, recent reports rumored that Samsung may reduce its reliance on Google and may consider partnering with Microsoft’s Bing search engine for its […]
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Citizen Lab reported that Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group used at least three iOS zero-click exploits in 2022. A new report from Citizen Lab states that the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group used at least three zero-click zero-day exploits to deliver its Pegasus spyware. In 2022, the Citizen Lab analyzed the NSO Group activity after finding […]
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