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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 name is taken from the affected library, which among other things, is used to unpack MMS ...
Samsapo: The first worm known for Android platforms, identified in April 2014. [28] The worm was targeted mostly against Russian Android users. Once a device was infected the malware could act like spyware, as well as do other actions like download additional malicious files, send SMSs to premium rate numbers and block phone calls. [29]
Flickr source Android-based phones make up 99 percent of the mobile devices targeted in cyber attacks, according to prominent technology expert, Eugene Kaspersky, of Kaspersky Lab. The anti-virus ...
Phone hacking is the practice of exploring a mobile device, often using computer exploits to analyze everything from the lowest memory and CPU levels up to the highest file system and process levels. Modern open source tooling has become fairly sophisticated to be able to "hook" into individual functions within any running app on an unlocked ...
In April 2020, variants has been spotted posing as COVID-19-related apps. [3] Research indicates that Cerberus has developed overlay attacks for over 30 unique targets, making it a versatile threat in the mobile banking landscape. [4]
BlueBorne is a type of security vulnerability with Bluetooth implementations in Android, iOS, Linux and Windows. [1] [2] [3] It affects many electronic devices such as laptops, smart cars, smartphones and wearable gadgets.
On June 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a man pled guilty to, while employed as a Louisville, KY police officer, hacking multiple women’s computers and devices, downloading ...
The researchers used the smudges left behind on two Android smartphones and were able to break the password fully 68% of the time and partially 92% of the time under proper conditions. [1] Once the threat was recognized, Whisper Systems introduced an app in 2011 to mitigate the risk. The app provided their own versions of a pattern lock and PIN ...