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Stagefright is the name given to a group of software bugs that affect versions from 2.2 "Froyo" up until 5.1.1 "Lollipop" [1] of the Android operating system exposing an estimated 950 million devices (95% of all Android devices) at the time. [1]
The Damn Vulnerable Web Application is a software project that intentionally includes security vulnerabilities and is intended for educational purposes. [1] [2] [3]
Pwn2Own is a computer hacking contest held annually at the CanSecWest security conference. [1] First held in April 2007 in Vancouver, [2] the contest is now held twice a year, [3] most recently in March 2024. [4]
As a proof of concept, Miller created an application called Instastock that was approved by Apple's App Store. He then informed Apple about the security hole, who promptly expelled him from the App Store. [8] Miller participated in research on discovering security vulnerabilities in NFC (Near Field Communication). [9]
Meltdown exploits a race condition, inherent in the design of many modern CPUs.This occurs between memory access and privilege checking during instruction processing. . Additionally, combined with a cache side-channel attack, this vulnerability allows a process to bypass the normal privilege checks that isolate the exploit process from accessing data belonging to the operating system and other ...
The anti-virus software maker claims Android's. Flickr source Android-based phones make up 99 percent of the mobile devices targeted in cyber attacks, according to prominent technology expert ...
US officials have warned people to not send text messages amid a massive and ongoing cyber attack against telecom companies.. Smartphone users are instead urged to use encrypted messaging apps ...
aCropalypse (CVE-2023-21036) was a vulnerability in Markup, a screenshot editing tool introduced in Google Pixel phones with the release of Android Pie.The vulnerability, discovered in 2023 by security researchers Simon Aarons and David Buchanan, allows an attacker to view an uncropped and unaltered version of a screenshot.