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Facebook's iOS 'bug' secretly filmed users. IT, take note.

November 20, 2019 0 Comments Android, iOS, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Evan Schuman| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 09:41:00 -0800

News reports last week — subsequently confirmed by a Facebook executive’s tweet — that the Facebook iOS app was videotaping users without notice should serve as a critical heads up to enterprise IT and security execs that mobile devices are every bit as risky as they feared. And a very different bug, planted by cyberthieves, presents even more frightening camera-spying issues with Android.

On the iOS issue, the confirmation tweet from Guy Rosen, who is Facebook’s vice president of Integrity (go ahead and insert whatever joke you want about Facebook having a vice president of integrity; for me, it’s way too easy a shot), said, “We recently discovered our iOS app incorrectly launched in landscape. In fixing that last week in v246, we inadvertently introduced a bug where the app partially navigates to the camera screen when a photo is tapped. We have no evidence of photos/videos uploaded due to this.”

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Brand new Android smartphones shipped with 146 security flaws

November 19, 2019 0 Comments Android, asus, Chamois botnet, CVEs, Google, Google Project Zero, Mobile, Operating Systems, Samsung, security threats, sony, supply chain, vulnerability, xiaomi

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:16:58 +0000

If you think brand new, just-out-of-the-box Android smartphones are immune from security vulnerabilities – think again.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9O4sLIwsqWk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Stealthy new Android malware poses as ad blocker, serves up ads instead

November 14, 2019 0 Comments ads blocker, Android, android malware, android trojan, android/trojan.fakeadsblock, anti-malware, fake ad blocker, fakeadsblock, mobile malware, stealth mobile malware, trojan, Trojans

Credit to Author: Nathan Collier| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 19:51:58 +0000

Since its discovery less than a month ago, a stealthy new Android malware has already been detected on over 500 devices, and it’s on the rise. Learn how this clever threat pretends to be an ad blocker and then hides itself on mobile devices, all while serving up tons of ads.

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Sophos svela le app “Fleeceware”: utenti derubati da app sul Play Store

November 7, 2019 0 Comments Android, fake app, SophosLabs

Credit to Author: Tiziana Carboni| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:43:06 +0000

Sviluppatori di applicazioni senza scrupolo hanno individuato una lacuna all’interno delle policy del Play Market, riuscendo così ad addebitare agli utenti centinaia di euro. I SophosLabs hanno scoperto un elevato numero di app Android presenti sul Google Play Market che hanno come unico obiettivo quello di “spennare” gli utenti offrendo funzionalità base disponibili su applicazioni […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/jtoJE3qINwA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google patches bug that let nearby hackers send malware to your phone

November 5, 2019 0 Comments Android, Android apps, APK, apks, Bug, cve-2019-2114, Google, Google Play Store, Mobile, nfc, Operating Systems, play store, security threats, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 14:42:47 +0000

Google has patched an Android bug that could have allowed attackers to use NFC to send over a malicious file to the victim’s phone<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9svl-4gT4-I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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A week in security (October 28 – November 3)

November 4, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, adobe creative cloud, advanced persistent threats, american cancer society, Android, APT, blogger, cybersecurity challenges, data breach, disaster donation scam, emoji app, esports, Fancy Bear, fraud, FTC, gafgyt, Internet, journalists, maas, Magecart, malware-as-a-service, messagetap, nuclear power corp of india, raccoon, retina-x, sextortion, smb, Stalkerware, US Federal Trade Commission, Wordpress

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:37:57 +0000

A roundup of the latest cybersecurity news for the week of October 28 – November 3, including cyberattacks against SMBs, the Internet’s 50th birthday, stalkerware, donation scams, and more.

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Tags: Adobe Creative Cloud advanced persistent threats American Cancer Society Android APT blogger cybersecurity challenges data breach disaster donation scam emoji app esports Fancy Bear fraud FTC Gafgyt internet journalists MaaS Magecart Malware-as-a-Service MessageTap Nuclear Power Corp of India Raccoon Retina-X sextortion SMB stalkerware US Federal Trade Commission wordpress

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The infamous Spyware – Pegasus, The NSO Group and The WhatsApp snooping saga

November 2, 2019 0 Comments Android, Antivirus, malware, Mobile Security, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Prachi Sudame| Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 07:41:18 +0000

The Indian media is abuzz these days with several news and allegations around snooping on several Indian citizens through a spyware named Pegasus, allegedly delivered through WhatsApp. It’s reported widely that Facebook Inc., the parent company of popular messaging app -WhatsApp, reached out to few users from India (and other…

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Gradient “celebrity matching” photo app sparks privacy fears

October 29, 2019 0 Comments Android, Apple, FaceApp, fleeceware, Google, gradient, iOS, Mobile

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:53:02 +0000

The Kardashians love the Gradient app – but they’re being paid to use it, whereas for you it’s the other way round. Is it safe?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cKna-7UcJBE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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S2 Ep14: Samsung fingerprint fail, mystery black boxes and invisible Android apps – Naked Security Podcast

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Android, android malware, Naked Security Podcast, Podcast

Credit to Author: Alice Duckett| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:54:05 +0000

New episode available now!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/jXRm-gfsGy0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Algunas aplicaciones Android de adware ocultan su icono para dificultar su eliminación

October 22, 2019 0 Comments actualidad, adware, Android, smartphones

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:58:32 +0000

La desinstalación de una aplicación de Android que hemos identificado como adware es normalmente fácil de realizar: simplemente consiste en hacer clic y arrastrar hacia la esquina superior derecha de la pantalla y a la papelera. La aplicación desaparece, idealmente seguido de una calificación negativa en Google Play para alertar a otros sobre su mal […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/SgrM9-3TkWk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>