An Android banking trojan that targets more than 232 banking apps has been uncovered, targeting financial institutions globally. According to Quick Heal Security Labs, Banker A2f8a is designed for stealing login credentials, hijacking SMS messages, uploading contact lists and texts to a malicious server, displaying an overlay screen (to capture details) on top of legitimate […]

Among the four dozen vulnerabilities Google patched this week was a fix for a bug that allowed attackers to inject malicious code into Android apps without affecting an app’s signature verification certificate. The technique allows an attacker to circumvent device anti-malware protection and escalate privileges on targeted device with a signed app that appears to […]

A popular Android keyboard application with over 200 million downloads was found gathering user information sending the data a remote server, Adguard reveals. The offending application, GO Keyboard, has two versions available in Google Play, namely GO Keyboard – Emoji keyboard, Swipe input, GIFs and GO Keyboard – Emoticon keyboard, Free Theme, GIF, each with […]

Security researchers warned of a high-severity Android flaw on Thursday that stems from what they call a “toast attack” overlay vulnerability. Researchers say criminals could use the Android’s toast notification, a feature that provides simple feedback about an operation in a small pop up, in an attack scenario to obtain admin rights on targeted phones […]