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Malicious apps hide themselves after installation and aggressively display full-screen advertisements. In recent times we’ve seen multiple malicious apps found in the Google Play Store by various cyber security firms, including Symantec, yet this problem doesn’t seem to be dissipating. Read More …
Researchers are warning of a high-severity zero-day vulnerability in Google’s Android operating system, which if exploited could give a local attacker escalated privileges on a target’s device. The specific flaw exists within the v4l2 (Video4Linux 2) driver, which is the Read More …
Google announced today a new bug bounty program through which security researchers can report cases of abuse where third-party apps are stealing or misusing Google user data. The new bounty program is named the Developer Data Protection Reward Program (DDPRP), and Read More …
In the second quarter of 2019, scammers were making active use of cloud-based data storage services such as Google Drive and Google Storage to hide their illegal content. The reasoning behind this is simple: a link from a legitimate domain is seen Read More …
Google is set to revoke Huawei’s access to its Android mobile operating system, dealing the Chinese company a major blow in accordance with US sanctions. Other than Apple devices which run on iOS, smartphones makers including Samsung and LG are Read More …
Google is reporting an uptick in efforts by bad actors to plant potentially harmful applications (PHAs) on Android devices via pre-installed apps and by bundling them with system updates delivered over the air. The technique is especially troubling, Google said, Read More …
Google revealed yesterday that a patch for Chrome last week was actually a fix for a zero-day that was under active attacks. The attacks exploited CVE-2019-5786, a security flaw and the only patch included in the Chrome 72.0.3626.121 version, released Read More …
Google has remained silent over reports it told a US congresswoman that a controversial app was not in breach of its terms and conditions. Saudi app Absher can be used by men to track women and prevent them from travelling. Read More …
A recently discovered malspam campaign targeting customers of a Polish bank was found using forgeries of Google reCAPTCHA images to fake legitimacy. The banking malware was delivered via phishing emails that purported to seekin confirmation of a recent banking transaction Read More …
Google was hit with a €50 (56,8) million financial penalty in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by the Commission Nationale de l’informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) for violating transparency and information obligations and for not obtaining user consent for processing data for Read More …
