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Don’t look now, but Pixel 4’s Face Unlock works with eyes closed

October 21, 2019 0 Comments Android, biometrics, face ID, face unlock, facial recognition, Google, google pixel, Mobile, pixel 4, security threats

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:47:32 +0000

There’s a risk that someone might get hold of a device and unlock it by holding the screen to the face of its sleeping or unconscious owner.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AneJMxh1HJk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Sophos identifica 15 aplicaciones en la Play Store de Google que utilizan adware para ocultarse

October 21, 2019 0 Comments actualidad, Android, malware, nota de prensa

Credit to Author: Naked Security| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 07:55:21 +0000

Desde hace años, los desarrolladores de aplicaciones móviles incluyen dentro de su programación un código publicitario, como una forma de ayudar a sufragar los costes del desarrollo de dicha app. Sin embargo, algunos desarrolladores simplemente utilizan las aplicaciones como una plataforma abusiva desde la que introducir anuncios en los dispositivos móviles de los usuarios. Recientemente, […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/B2Oy8PVRVNs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Some Android adware apps hide icons to make it hard to remove them

October 18, 2019 0 Comments adware, Android, fleeceware, Google, Google Play Store, play store

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:31:24 +0000

SophosLabs has discovered 15 apps on Google Play that install without icons as a ploy to keep themselves on the user’s device.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AoUMvk8i70E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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S2 Ep 13: Weird Android zero day and other tech fails – Naked Security podcast

October 17, 2019 0 Comments 2fa, Android, code, Naked Security, Naked Security Podcast, Podcast, stack overflow, twitter, zero day

Credit to Author: Alice Duckett| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:31:29 +0000

Listen to the latest episode now!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/3JL9rtTl8no” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Which Antivirus to choose for protecting my Android phone?

October 10, 2019 0 Comments Android, Antivirus

Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:07:36 +0000

Smartphones are taking the market by storm and so are the rising mobile malware attacks! As per reports by Quick Heal Security Labs, the last quarter clocked around 2,22000+ malware hits across our Android AV customers, all of which got blocked at the right time. This goes on to explain…

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Icon-hiding Android adware returns to the Play Market

October 8, 2019 0 Comments adware, andr/hiddad, Android, android malware, Google Play, hidden adware, hidden apps, SophosLabs, SophosLabs Uncut

Credit to Author: Pankaj Kohli| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:00:37 +0000

Adware apps attempt to evade easy removal by, literally, hiding their app icons from users<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/CXlzdUIihFw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Signal immediately fixed FaceTime-style eavesdropping bug

October 8, 2019 0 Comments Android, Apple, Bug, eavesdropping, facetime, Google, Google Project Zero, iOS, Mobile, Privacy, security threats, signal, signal bug, vulnerability

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:25:17 +0000

Remember the FaceTime bug that allowed a caller to eavesdrop on your phone? Researchers just discovered another – this time in Signal.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/kuYuPSST8YI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Android devices hit by zero-day exploit Google thought it had patched

October 7, 2019 0 Comments Android, cve-2019-2215, Google, Google Project Zero, Mobile, nso group, Operating Systems, pegasus, Privacy, security threats, vulnerability, zero-day vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:41:15 +0000

Android smartphones are vulnerable to a zero-day exploit that Google thought it had patched for good two years ago.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9TX4gOYOCsQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Android-Gratis-Apps: Abzocke mit horrenden Folgegebühren

October 7, 2019 0 Comments Android, apps, Corporate

Credit to Author: Jörg Schindler| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 12:25:06 +0000

Im Rahmen seiner Suche nach kriminellen Machenschaften im Netz sind die SophosLabs auf eine weitere Masche unseriöser App-Entwickler gestoßen, die trotz ihrer eindeutigen Betrugsabsicht mehr oder weniger unbehelligt ihr Unwesen treiben kann: Die Forscher haben auf Google Play eine ganze Reihe von Alltagsanwendungen gefunden, die scheinbar nur zu dem einzigen Zweck angeboten werden, die Nutzer […]<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/sophos/dgdY/~4/NIRV0y1BTl8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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WhatsApp vulnerability could compromise Android smartphones

October 4, 2019 0 Comments Android, cve-2019-11932, CVEs, double free memory vulnerability, facebook, malicious gif, Privacy, rce, remote code execution, security threats, vulnerability, whatsapp

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:10:03 +0000

A researcher has released details of a WhatsApp flaw that could be used to compromise the app and the mobile device the app is running on.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/fPnnKlP45pM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>