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CS Digest Section: Mobile Security

Meet the Malware Which Turns Your Smartphone Into a Mobile Proxy

Posted: 10/30/2018 | Leave a Comment

Researchers have uncovered an active phishing campaign which targets Android devices in order to turn them into mobile proxies.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/meet-the-malware-which-turns-your-smartphone-into-a-mobile-proxy/

Talos: Android Trojan Resembling Play Store Installs Sophisticated Spyware

Posted: 10/16/2018 | Leave a Comment

A newly uncovered Android trojan can install advanced spyware on unsuspecting users' phones under the guise that it's just part of the operating system, according to research from Cisco Talos out Thursday.

https://www.cyberscoop.com/talos-gplayed-trojan-android-spyware/

Android Apps Pretend to Mine Unmineable CryptoCurrencies to Just Show Ads

Posted: 10/16/2018 | Leave a Comment

Scammers are creating fake Android cryptocurrency mining apps and promoting them on the Google Store. The kicker is that these apps claim to mine cryptocurrency that can't be mined in the first place.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/android-apps-pretend-to-mine-unmineable-cryptocurrencies-to-just-show-ads/

Sensitive Data Exposure via WiFi Broadcasts in Android OS [CVE-2018-9489]

Posted: 09/04/2018 | Leave a Comment

System broadcasts by Android OS expose information about the user's device to all applications running on the device. This includes the WiFi network name, BSSID, local IP addresses, DNS server information and the MAC address.

https://wwws.nightwatchcybersecurity.com/2018/08/29/sensitive-data-exposure-via-wifi-broadcasts-in-android-os-cve-2018-9489/

Banking Trojans and Shady Apps Galore In Google Play

Posted: 09/04/2018 | Leave a Comment

Despite Google's defenses for protecting Android's official marketplace, cybercriminals still manage to sneak in a banking Trojan, or two, or three, security researchers have discovered.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/banking-trojans-and-shady-apps-galore-in-google-play/

iPhone Chipmaker Blames WannaCry Variant for Plant Closures

Posted: 08/07/2018 | Leave a Comment

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. blamed a variant of the 2017 WannaCry ransomware for the unprecedented shutdown of several plants, as it ramps up chipmaking for Apple Inc.'s next iPhones.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-06/iphone-chipmaker-blames-wannacry-variant-for-plant-closures

Qualcomm Unveils First mmWave 5G Antennas for Smartphones

Posted: 07/24/2018 | Leave a Comment

There's a lot of pieces that need to come together to get 5G networks to work on mobile devices - new standards need to be agreed on, new modems need to be developed, and new networking hardware for towers needs to be rolled out. But Qualcomm might have just cleared one of the major hurdles with the announcement of its new QTM052 mmWave antenna modules, the

https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/23/17596746/qualcomm-mmwave-5g-antenna-smartphones-qtm052-networking-speeds-size

Droppers Is How Android Malware Keeps Sneaking Into the Play Store

Posted: 07/24/2018 | Leave a Comment

For the past year, Android malware authors have been increasingly relying on a solid trick for bypassing Google's security scans and sneaking malicious apps into the official Play Store.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/droppers-is-how-android-malware-keeps-sneaking-into-the-play-store/

DHS Aims to Turn Mobile Devices into No Phishing Zones

Posted: 07/10/2018 | Leave a Comment

Phishing attacks remain the bane of information security specialists and missions across government, and as they advance in sophistication, the Homeland Security Department is attempting to better protect against them.

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/07/dhs-aims-turn-mobile-devices-no-phishing-zones/149541/?oref=d-river

A Volt Out of the Blue: Phone Batteries Reveal What You Typed and Read

Posted: 06/26/2018 | Leave a Comment

A group of researchers has demonstrated that smartphone batteries can offer a side-channel attack vector by revealing what users do with their devices through analysis of power consumption.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/25/the_battery_is_the_smartphones_ibesti_snitch_boffins/

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