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Google has announced that it's piloting a new security initiative that automatically blocks sideloading of potentially unsafe Android apps in India, after similar tests in Singapore, Thailand, and Brazil. The enhanced fraud protection feature aims to keep users safe when they attempt to install malicious apps from sources other than the Google Play Store, such as web browsers, messaging apps,

A list of topics we covered in the week of September 30 to October 6 of 2024

There appears to be some (possibly deprecated) code associated with AF_QIPCRTR sockets in bpf_service.c. Within this file are some ioctl handlers - e.g. qrtr_bpf_filter_attach and qrtr_bpf_filter_detach. In the case of qrtr_bpf_filter_detach, the global pointer bpf_filter is fetched and freed while only holding a socket lock (and an irrelevant rcu_read_lock) - this may lead directly to double frees or use-after-free (kernel memory corruption) if a malicious user is able to call the QRTR_DETTACH_BPF ioctl on multiple AF_QIPCRTR sockets at once. Based on Android SELinux files, it appears this may be possible from some lower-privileged vendor and HAL services.

Google has revealed the various security guardrails that have been incorporated into its latest Pixel devices to counter the rising threat posed by baseband security attacks. The cellular baseband (i.e., modem) refers to a processor on the device that's responsible for handling all connectivity, such as LTE, 4G, and 5G, with a mobile phone cell tower or base station over a radio interface. "This

A large-scale fraud campaign leveraged fake trading apps published on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as well as phishing sites, to defraud victims, per findings from Group-IB. The campaign is part of a consumer investment fraud scheme that's also widely known as pig butchering, in which prospective victims are lured into making investments in cryptocurrency or other financial

Pig Butchering scam targets crypto users with fake trading apps on Apple and Google Play Stores. Disguised as…

A new set of malicious packages has been unearthed in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that masqueraded as cryptocurrency wallet recovery and management services, only to siphon sensitive data and facilitate the theft of valuable digital assets. "The attack targeted users of Atomic, Trust Wallet, Metamask, Ronin, TronLink, Exodus, and other prominent wallets in the crypto ecosystem,"

ThreatDown research uncovered a campaign that spreads a annoying adware for Android devices through several methods

VegaBird Yaazhini version 2.0.2 suffers from a dll hijacking vulnerability.

Hold onto your hats, folks, because the cybersecurity world is anything but quiet! Last week, we dodged a bullet when we discovered vulnerabilities in CUPS that could've opened the door to remote attacks. Google's switch to Rust is paying off big time, slashing memory-related vulnerabilities in Android. But it wasn't all good news – Kaspersky's forced exit from the US market left users with more