Analysis of Android Worm that spreads via WhatsApp messages as Huawei Mobile app
https://youtu.be/XXi29noe2NE
https://youtu.be/XXi29noe2NE
Different Android security lock states and their trade-offs
https://www.mayrhofer.eu.org/post/android-tradeoffs-2-lockstates/
https://www.mayrhofer.eu.org/post/android-tradeoffs-2-lockstates/
René Mayrhofer
Android security trade-offs 2: Lock states | René Mayrhofer
Android has different types of lock states. This post summarizes what they are, what their purpose is, and how the interact.
Update your iOS!
iOS 0days chain /RCE+LPE/ is being exploited ITW. The fix is available.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212146
iOS 0days chain /RCE+LPE/ is being exploited ITW. The fix is available.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212146
Apple Support
About the security content of iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4
This document describes the security content of iOS 14.4 and iPadOS 14.4.
Apparently new Android banking Trojan called "Oscorp" spreads in Italy
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fcert-agid.gov.it%2Fnews%2Foscorp-il-solito-malware-per-android%2F
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fcert-agid.gov.it%2Fnews%2Foscorp-il-solito-malware-per-android%2F
Demo of technique used by Android malware that prevents victim to uninstall it from device (how to fix it)
https://youtu.be/YvfiKPpMoaU
https://youtu.be/YvfiKPpMoaU
Useful insight on Android's Special App Accesses, since they are treated and mitigated differently as regular app permissions
https://medium.com/mitre-attack/mobile-attack-mitigating-android-abuse-50516fb7de85
https://medium.com/mitre-attack/mobile-attack-mitigating-android-abuse-50516fb7de85
Medium
Mitigating Abuse of Android Application Permissions and Special App Accesses
Part 1 of a series on ATT&CK® for Mobile (Android and iOS) devices
Security Fixes and Rewards for Chrome for Android
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/chrome-for-android-update_31.html
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/10/chrome-for-android-update_31.html
Chrome Releases
Chrome for Android Update
Hi, everyone! We've just released Chrome 86 (86.0.4240.99) for Android: it'll become available on Google Play over the next few weeks. Thi...
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Investigation Xoth: Smartphone location tracking
https://www.expressvpn.com/digital-security-lab/investigation-xoth
https://www.expressvpn.com/digital-security-lab/investigation-xoth
ExpressVPN
ExpressVPN’s Research on Smartphone Location Tracking | ExpressVPN
Investigation Xoth is the ExpressVPN Digital Security Lab’s research into smartphone location tracking. Read about its findings here.
Reverse Engineering iMessage: Leveraging the Hardware to Protect the Software
https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2021/01/27/reverse-engineering-imessage-leveraging-the-hardware-to-protect-the-software/
https://www.nowsecure.com/blog/2021/01/27/reverse-engineering-imessage-leveraging-the-hardware-to-protect-the-software/
Nowsecure
Reverse Engineering iMessage to Help Improve Security | NowSecure
Our researcher reverse engineered Apple iMessage to explore extending it the secure messaging app to other systems. See how he fared.
Forwarded from The Bug Bounty Hunter
Android Penetration Testing: Frida https://www.hackingarticles.in/android-penetration-testing-frida/
Hacking Articles
Android Penetration Testing: Frida
Learn how to use Frida for Android penetration testing, including hooking, injecting, and analyzing Android apps for security vulnerabilities.
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Vulnerability found in Facebook for Android that could trigger malicious deep links, run arbitrary JavaScript or replace URLs to phishing pages
https://ash-king.co.uk/blog/Launching-internal-non-exported-deeplinks-on-Facebook
https://ash-king.co.uk/blog/Launching-internal-non-exported-deeplinks-on-Facebook
ash-king.co.uk
Launching internal & non-exported deeplinks on Facebook
Ash King - Software Developer & Security Researcher
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Reverse engineering Flutter for Android + Doldrums (Doldrums is a reverse engineering tool for Flutter apps)
https://rloura.wordpress.com/2020/12/04/reversing-flutter-for-android-wip/
https://github.com/rscloura/Doldrums
https://rloura.wordpress.com/2020/12/04/reversing-flutter-for-android-wip/
https://github.com/rscloura/Doldrums
A Moment of Insanity
Reverse engineering Flutter for Android
Disclaimer: the contents of this article are the result of countless hours of personal investigation combined with exhaustive trial and error. I have never contacted Flutter or Dart development tea…
Dissecting a MediaTek BootROM exploit
https://tinyhack.com/2021/01/31/dissecting-a-mediatek-bootrom-exploit/
https://tinyhack.com/2021/01/31/dissecting-a-mediatek-bootrom-exploit/
Tinyhack.com
Dissecting a MediaTek BootROM exploit
A bricked Xiaomi phone led me to discover a project in Github that uses a MediaTek BootROM exploit that was undocumented. The exploit was found by Xyz, and implemented by Chaosmaster. The initial exploit was already available for quite a while. Since I have…
Data Driven Security Hardening in Android
https://security.googleblog.com/2021/01/data-driven-security-hardening-in.html
https://security.googleblog.com/2021/01/data-driven-security-hardening-in.html
Google Online Security Blog
Data Driven Security Hardening in Android
Posted by Kevin Deus, Joel Galenson, Billy Lau and Ivan Lozano, Android Security & Privacy Team The Android platform team is committed to ...
Hackers tried to trick iPhone users into installing a fake version of WhatsApp to spy on them.
How: By tricking users into installing configuration files or so-called Mobile Device Management (MDM) profiles, which can then potentially push malware onto a target device.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/akdqwa/a-spyware-vendor-seemingly-made-a-fake-whatsapp-to-hack-targets
How: By tricking users into installing configuration files or so-called Mobile Device Management (MDM) profiles, which can then potentially push malware onto a target device.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/akdqwa/a-spyware-vendor-seemingly-made-a-fake-whatsapp-to-hack-targets
VICE
A Spyware Vendor Seemingly Made a Fake WhatsApp to Hack Targets
Technical analyses by Citizen Lab and Motherboard found links between a fake version of WhatsApp and Cy4Gate, an Italian surveillance firm that works with cops and intelligence agencies.
New Android DDoS botnet called - Matryosh - communicates over TOR and infect devices via enabled ADB port
https://blog.netlab.360.com/matryosh-botnet-is-spreading-en/
https://blog.netlab.360.com/matryosh-botnet-is-spreading-en/
360 Netlab Blog - Network Security Research Lab at 360
New Threat: Matryosh Botnet Is Spreading
Background
On January 25, 2021, 360 netlab BotMon system labeled a suspicious ELF file as
Mirai, but the network traffic did not match Mirai's characteristics.
This anomaly caught our attention, and after analysis, we determined that it was a new botnet…
On January 25, 2021, 360 netlab BotMon system labeled a suspicious ELF file as
Mirai, but the network traffic did not match Mirai's characteristics.
This anomaly caught our attention, and after analysis, we determined that it was a new botnet…
CVE-2020-27932: iOS Kernel privesc with turnstiles
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-27932.html
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/p/rca-cve-2020-27932.html
Blogspot
CVE-2020-27932: iOS Kernel privesc with turnstiles
This page has been moved to our new site. Please click here to go to the new location. Posted by Ian Beer, Project Zero (2021-02-04) Disc...
Analysis of Android downloader
https://cryptax.medium.com/an-apparently-benign-app-distribution-scheme-which-has-all-it-takes-to-turn-very-ugly-f733be528535
https://cryptax.medium.com/an-apparently-benign-app-distribution-scheme-which-has-all-it-takes-to-turn-very-ugly-f733be528535
Medium
An apparently benign app distribution scheme which has all it takes to turn (very) ugly
This articles discusses a recent Android sample from January 2021. It was first scanned on the 11th, but according to its certificate…
Barcode Scanner app on Google Play infects 10 million users with one update
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/android/2021/02/barcode-scanner-app-on-google-play-infects-10-million-users-with-one-update/
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/android/2021/02/barcode-scanner-app-on-google-play-infects-10-million-users-with-one-update/
Malwarebytes
Barcode Scanner app on Google Play infects 10 million users with one update | Malwarebytes Labs
In a single update, a popular barcode scanner app that had been on Google Play for years turned into malware.
Insecure Data Storage: Clear Text Storage of Sensitive Information (Hard-coded strings, credentials, tokens & keys)
https://medium.com/mobis3c/insecure-data-storage-clear-text-storage-of-sensitive-information-hard-coded-strings-fb7b056c0d0
https://medium.com/mobis3c/insecure-data-storage-clear-text-storage-of-sensitive-information-hard-coded-strings-fb7b056c0d0
Medium
Insecure Data Storage: Clear Text Storage of Sensitive Information (Hard-coded strings, credentials, tokens & keys)
Before we get started, we need to have the apk which can be extracted from the device by installing the application through the play store…
Domestic Kitten (APT-C-50) – An Inside Look at the Iranian Surveillance Operations
https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/domestic-kitten-an-inside-look-at-the-iranian-surveillance-operations/
https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/domestic-kitten-an-inside-look-at-the-iranian-surveillance-operations/
Check Point Research
Domestic Kitten – An Inside Look at the Iranian Surveillance Operations - Check Point Research
Overview Despite the reveal of “Domestic Kitten” by Check Point in 2018, APT-C-50 has not stopped conducting extensive surveillance operations against Iranian citizens that could pose a threat to the stability of the Iranian regime, including internal dissidents…