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Malicious Android app found powering account creation service

A fake Android SMS application, with 100,000 downloads on the Google Play store, has been discovered to secretly act as an SMS relay for an account creation service for sites like Microsoft, Google, Instagram, Telegram, and Facebook […]

25 Nov

Google pushes emergency Chrome update to fix 8th zero-day in 2022

Google has released an emergency security update for the desktop version of the Chrome web browser, addressing the eighth zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks this year. […]

15 Nov

Google to roll out Privacy Sandbox on Android 13 starting early 2023

Google announced today that they will begin rolling out the Privacy Sandbox system on a limited number of Android 13 devices starting in early 2023. […]

14 Nov

Google will pay $391M to settle Android location tracking lawsuit

Google has agreed to pay $391.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a coalition of attorneys general from 40 U.S. states alleging that the search giant tracked Android users’ locations since at least 2014 even when they thought location tracking was disabled. […]

11 Nov

New BadBazaar Android malware linked to Chinese cyberspies

A previously undocumented Android spyware tool named ‘BadBazaar’ has been discovered targeting ethnic and religious minorities in China, most notably the Uyghurs in Xinjiang. […]

09 Nov

15,000 sites hacked for massive Google SEO poisoning campaign

Hackers are conducting a massive black hat search engine optimization (SEO) campaign by compromising almost 15,000 websites to redirect visitors to fake Q&A discussion forums. […]

27 Oct

Drinik Android malware now targets users of 18 Indian banks

A new version of the Drinik Android banking trojan targets 18 Indian banks, masquerading as the country’s official tax management app to steal victims’ personal information and banking credentials. […]

24 Oct

Google Chrome to drop support for Windows 7 / 8.1 in Feb 2023

Google announced today that the Google Chrome web browser will likely drop support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 starting February 2023. […]

11 Oct

Android leaks some traffic even when ‘Always-on VPN’ is enabled

Mullvad VPN has discovered that Android leaks traffic every time the device connects to a WiFi network, even if the “Block connections without VPN,” or “Always-on VPN,” features is enabled. […]

07 Sep

New Iranian hacking group APT42 deploys custom Android spyware

A new Iranian state-sponsored hacking group known as APT42 has been discovered using a custom Android malware to spy on targets of interest. […]

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