In a nightmare for thousands of TrueCaller users in India, a so-called bug automatically created their Unified Payments Interface (UPI) accounts with the ICICI Bank without their consent, triggering panic and hacking fears. The affected users received an SMS from ICICI Bank, saying – “Your registration for UPI app has started. If it was not […]
Continue ReadingA Vulnerability has been discovered in the wildly popular messaging app WhatsApp, which allows anyone to remotely crash WhatsApp just by sending a specially crafted message, two security researchers reported. Two India based independent security researchers, Indrajeet Bhuyan and Saurav Kar, both 17-year old demonstrated the WhatsApp Message Handler vulnerability. In a video demonstration, they […]
Continue ReadingThere’s a vulnerability that affects WebView control in Android applications installed on Android devices running versions older than 4.2. This vulnerability makes a large number of Android applications act as a hacker pipeline into user’s devices and provides a way to install malicious software, send SMSs and more. WebView allows the user to view a […]
Continue ReadingResearchers have discovered a number of malicious Android apps are using Google’s Cloud Messaging (GCM) service and leveraging it as a command and control server to carry out attacks. A post on Securelist today by Kaspersky Lab’s Roman Unuchek, breaks down five Trojans that have been spotted checking in with GCM after launching. Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakeInst.a Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.Agent.ao […]
Continue ReadingA team of security researchers have demonstrated how a security flaw in Android 4.0.4 can be exploited by a clickjacking rootkit. The research team is lead by North Carolina State University professor Xuxian Jiang, who succeeded in developing a proof-of-concept rootkit that attacks the Android framework as opposed to the underlying operating system kernel. The […]
Continue ReadingDetects and protects from all kinds of ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) related attacks in Wi-Fi networks, like DOS (Denial Of Service) or MITM (Man In The Middle) Attack. Protects your phone from tools like FaceNiff, Cain & Abel, ANTI, ettercap, DroidSheep, NetCut, and all others that try to hijack your session via MITM through ARP […]
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