Android security
Android platform vulnerabilities, exploits, mitigations, and research (apps, OS, silicon, and ecosystem).
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North Korean Konni Group Leverages Google’s Find Hub to Wipe Android Devices in Latest Campaigns
North Korea’s Konni Group has escalated its cyber espionage tactics by leveraging Google’s legitimate Find Hub service to remotely wipe Android devices. This sophisticated campaign targets Android and Windows users with data theft and remote control objectives, initiating with spear-phishing emails and deploying the Lilith Remote Access Trojan (RAT).
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Android’s AI-Powered Defenses Block Billions of Monthly Mobile Scams
Google’s AI-powered defenses are successfully blocking billions of malicious calls and messages monthly, combating prevalent scams like employment fraud and financial deception, and adapting to new tactics like group chat scams.
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NFC Relay Malware Exploits Android Tap-to-Pay for Fraudulent Transactions
Zimperium zLabs has discovered hundreds of malicious Android apps using NFC relay and Host Card Emulation to steal payment data from tap-to-pay transactions, turning infected phones into tools for payment fraud.
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AWS outage left Eight Sleep smart beds overheating and stuck upright
An AWS outage in US-EAST-1 left cloud-dependent Eight Sleep devices unable to change settings, causing overheating and stuck positions for some users.