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Android TV box on Amazon came pre-installed with malware

A Canadian system administrator discovered that an Android TV box purchased from Amazon was pre-loaded with persistent, sophisticated malware baked into its firmware. […]

29 Dec

Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations

A bug in Google Home smart speaker allowed installing a backdoor account that could be used to control it remotely and to turn it into a snooping device by accessing the microphone feed. […]

22 Dec

DuckDuckGo now blocks Google sign-in pop-ups on all sites

DuckDuckGo apps and extensions are now blocking Google Sign-in pop-ups on all its apps and browser extensions, removing what it perceives as an annoyance and a privacy risk for its users. […]

08 Dec

New Google Chrome feature frees memory to make browsing smoother

Google says the latest release of Chrome for desktop devices now comes with a new performance-boosting feature designed to free up memory and make web browsing smoother. […]

01 Dec

Compromised OEM Android platform certificates used to sign malware

Multiple platform certificates used by Android OEM device vendors to digitally sign core system applications were utilized by threat actors to sign apps containing malware. […]

01 Dec

Samsung, LG, Mediatek certificates compromised to sign Android malware

Multiple platform certificates used by Android OEM device vendors to digitally sign core system applications have also been used to sign Android apps containing malware. […]

01 Dec

Android malware infected 300,000 devices to steal Facebook accounts

An Android malware campaign masquerading as reading and education apps has been underway since 2018, attempting to steal Facebook account credentials from infected devices. […]

28 Nov

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. […]

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Android TV box on Amazon came pre-installed with malware

Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations

DuckDuckGo now blocks Google sign-in pop-ups on all sites

New Google Chrome feature frees memory to make browsing smoother

Compromised OEM Android platform certificates used to sign malware

Samsung, LG, Mediatek certificates compromised to sign Android malware

Android malware infected 300,000 devices to steal Facebook accounts

Malicious Android app found powering account creation service

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

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