Tag Archives: Android

Researchers from Columbia University created CRYLOGGER, a tool designed to dynamically analyze Android applications and detect unsafe cryptographic practices, and found 306 vulnerabilities in Android applications. They are convinced that they have developed a powerful tool that can be used alongside with CryptoGuard. The idea is that the tools will …

Last month, LG developers released the security update LVE-SMP-200006 and fixed a vulnerability that affected all of the company’s Android smartphones. In fact, LG smartphones were vulnerable to cold-boot attacks for about 7 years. The problem got the identifier CVE-2020-12753, and it is related to the bootloader that comes with …

Last weekend users found that a simple picture can turn Android smartphone into a “piece of stone”, if you set it as wallpaper. The 9to5google magazine turned attention to the problem. Journalists say that the famous Ice Universe insider first reported about a strange bug. On his Twitter account, he …

Analysts of the German company SRLabs, using the SnoopSnitch application installed on more than 500,000 smartphones, collected information on the so-called “Patch delays.” Experts concluded that security updates began to reach Android users faster. Update speed is important because Android OS has been recognized as the most vulnerable platform of …

A group of scientists from universities in Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands said that the Android OS allows third parties to receive lists of all applications installed on the device. Experts are preparing to present an interesting report at MOBILESoft, which will be held in Seoul this year, unless of …

While the whole world is actively fighting the coronavirus pandemic, attackers are resorting to new ways to steal money and data from users. Cybercriminals are distributing a fake Android tracker to track coronavirus infections. Specialists from DomainTools have recorded active registration of domain names in connection with the coronavirus. “Cybercriminals …

The Android operating system became the most vulnerable platform in 2019. Specialists of TheBestVPN portal made this conclusion during the analysis of vulnerability statistics in various operating systems and software products for the end of 2019. According to TheBestVPN experts, we are all vulnerable when we connect to the Internet, …

Google engineers released the March update kit for Android, in which were fixed more than 70 various vulnerabilities, including critical ones. In particular, was fixed critical bug in MediaTek processors, which still threatens millions of devices. The critical error CVE-2020-0032 has been fixed at security level 2020-03-01. This set of …

Researchers from the University of New Mexico discovered a vulnerability affecting Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, macOS, iOS Android, and other Unix-based OSs. Vulnerability allows to listen, intercept and interfere with the operation of VPN connections. The bug got the identifier CVE-2019-14899, and the root of the problem lies in …

This week, Google reported about its success in adopting the HTTPS standard: 80% of applications encrypt traffic by default. So, in the official blog of the IT giant, appeared a message that currently 4 out of 5 applications (80%) available through the Google Play Store encrypt traffic by default and …