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The little-known ways mobile device sensors can be exploited by cybercriminals

December 11, 2019 0 Comments accelerometer, Android, camera, Google, gyroscope, Internet of Things, iOS, IoT, iPhone, microphone, Mobile, mobile device sensors, mobile devices, mobile phone, mobile phones, Mobile Security, mobile sensors

Credit to Author: Logan Strain| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:51:03 +0000

Mobile device sensors offer great utility to users—from taking pictures and commanding voice assistants to determining which direction to flip your screen. However, they harbor little-known vulnerabilities that could be exploited by crafty cybercriminals.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Android security checkup: 16 steps to a safer phone

December 10, 2019 0 Comments Android, Google Play, Mobile, Mobile Security, Security

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 04:00:00 -0800

Android security is always a hot topic on these here Nets of Inter — and almost always for the wrong reason.

As we’ve discussed ad nauseam over the years, most of the missives you read about this-or-that super-scary malware/virus/brain-eating-boogie-monster are overly sensationalized accounts tied to theoretical threats with practically zero chance of actually affecting you in the real world. If you look closely, in fact, you’ll start to notice that the vast majority of those stories stem from companies that — gasp! — make their money selling malware protection programs for Android phones. (Pure coincidence, right?)

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Critical DoS messaging flaw fixed in December Android update

December 5, 2019 0 Comments Android, android patching, CVEs, Google, Linux, Mobile, Operating Systems, patch level 2019-12-01, patch level 2019-12-05, Patching, Project Mainline, qualcomm, Samsung, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:25:24 +0000

Android’s December 2019 updates arrived this week, patching a small list of system and Qualcomm flaws across the operating system’s two patch levels.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Z6rqHUlLVrM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Yodel parcel tracking app blabs about other people’s parcels

December 5, 2019 0 Comments Android, ax sharma, courier, delivery, leak, Mobile, package, parcel, Privacy, tracking apps, yodel

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:31:29 +0000

Yodel’s mobile parcel delivery app was leaking people’s delivery data to others using the app, a security researcher discovered.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/JLW56DeeTmY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Encontrados 146 problemas de seguridad en nuevos teléfonos Android

December 3, 2019 0 Comments actualidad, Android, smartphones

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:52:52 +0000

Si crees que los nuevos teléfonos Android son inmunes a las vulnerabilidades de seguridad, vuelve a pensarlo: un nuevo análisis realizado por la empresa de seguridad Kryptowire descubrió 146 vulnerabilidades de nivel CVE en dispositivos de 29 fabricantes de smartphones. Sin estudiar el informe en detalle, no está claro cuántas vulnerabilidades son críticas, pero la […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/46_Q3_z1Isw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Fake Android apps uploaded to Play store by notorious Sandworm hackers

December 2, 2019 0 Comments Android, Google, Google Play, google threat analysis group (tag), Government security, malware, notpetya, russia, russian hacker, sandworm, security threats

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2019 11:23:14 +0000

The Russian ‘Sandworm’ hacking group has been caught repeatedly uploading fake and modified Android apps to Google’s Play Store.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/4Dunl7ID7xQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook, Twitter profiles slurped by mobile apps using malicious SDKs

November 27, 2019 0 Comments advertising, Android, data loss, data slurping, facebook, iOS, Marketing, mobiburn, Mobile, mobile marketing, one audience, oneaudience, Privacy, profile slurping, profiles, rogue sdks, sdk, sdks, security threats, Social networks, third party apps, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:49:19 +0000

Hundreds of users gave permission to these third-party apps to access their social media accounts, but the apps got more handsy than that.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/TEWLcroc9-8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google plans to take Android back to ‘mainline’ Linux kernel

November 22, 2019 0 Comments Android, android patching, Google, linux kernel, project fuchsia, project treble

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 13:59:36 +0000

Android could be returning to its roots.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/jG_BXBWSvEQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

ComputerWorld Independent

The 5 true takeaways from Android's camera vulnerability circus

November 21, 2019 0 Comments Android, Mobile, Operating Systems, Security, smartphones, Software

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 09:21:00 -0800

I don’t know if you’ve read much news this week, but it seems the sky is falling and we’re all terribly doomed.

No, I’m not talking about that news — as usual, that’s another column for another publication — but rather the news that a security flaw in some Android camera apps could turn our phones into privacy-plundering spy portals and bring an end to human life as we know it.

I mean, have you seen some of these headlines?!

“Hundreds of millions of Android phone cameras can be hijacked by spyware”
“Android flaw lets rogue apps take photos, record video even if your phone is locked”
“An Android flaw lets apps secretly access people’s cameras and upload the videos to an external server”

Holy hibiscus, Henry! Even I’m trembling from all of that, and I know it’s a bunch of misguided, sensationalized hooey.

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Android camera bug could have turned phones against their users

November 21, 2019 0 Comments Android, android bug, camera app, Checkmarx, cve-2019-2234, Google, google camera, Mobile, Operating Systems, Pixel, Privacy, rogue apps, Samsung, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 14:56:03 +0000

Google has patched a bug in the Android camera app that allowed other applications to bypass the strict controls on camera and audio access.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/q4VNRcGzd0I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>