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New bug to bypass Android security discovered, no response from Google

Adam Greenberg

December 6, 2013

An Android vulnerability that allows a rogue app to remove all existing securities activated by a user of the popular mobile operating system was discovered by researchers in Berlin.

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Android/Simplocker could be the first Android ransomware to encrypt files

Adam Greenberg

June 4, 2014

Possibly the first ransomware on Android that encrypts files, Android/Simplocker, also has a command-and-control server hosted on Tor.

Privilege escalation is made possible due to a new type of vulnerability known as Pileup flaws.

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Pileup flaws enable privilege escalation during Android updates, researchers find

Adam Greenberg

March 26, 2014

Under the right conditions, simply updating any Android device can enable an attacker to escalate app privileges and carry out all sorts of malicious things.

Nude pics, other data, recovered from ‘wiped’ Android phones purchased on eBay

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More than a billion Android devices vulnerable to new Stagefright bugs

Adam Greenberg

October 1, 2015

More than a billion Android mobiles are affected by a set of two critical Stagefright vulnerabilities that can be exploited to take complete control of a device.

Hack decodes Android phone, Samsung smartwatch data exchange

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Google: Android PHA installs decreased by nearly 50 percent throughout 2014

Adam Greenberg

April 3, 2015

The rate of Potentially Harmful Application installs on Android devices decreased nearly 50 percent from early 2014 to later that year, according to a Google report.

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Google removes Android privacy feature, says it was inadvertently released

Adam Greenberg

December 17, 2013

A well-liked privacy feature available in Android 4.3, but not intended for release, was removed by Google when Android 4.4.2 was released on Dec. 9.

The bulletin chronicles statistics and informs recipients of three common threats.

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DHS, FBI warn first responders of Android threat

Adam Greenberg

August 28, 2013

The bulletin, posted on the Public Intelligence website, chronicles statistics and informs recipients of three common threats facing the open source mobile platform.

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Ransomware on Android scares users with gov’t notices, asks for $300

Adam Greenberg

May 7, 2014

Android ransomware tells users they were caught looking at illegal content and that they must pay $300 to unblock their device and avoid trouble with the law.

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Vulnerability impacting multiple versions of Android could enable device takeover

Adam Greenberg

July 29, 2014

Researchers with Bluebox, who uncovered the vulnerability, dubbed it "Fake ID" because it enables the identity of trusted applications to be copied.

Android vulnerability leaves apps open to malicious overwriting

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Nearly 90 percent of Android devices vulnerable to endless reboot bug

Adam Greenberg

August 4, 2015

The vulnerability can be exploited by either by a malicious app installed on the affected device, or by luring a user to a specially crafted website.

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New bug to bypass Android security discovered, no response from Google

Android/Simplocker could be the first Android ransomware to encrypt files

Pileup flaws enable privilege escalation during Android updates, researchers find

More than a billion Android devices vulnerable to new Stagefright bugs

Google: Android PHA installs decreased by nearly 50 percent throughout 2014

Google removes Android privacy feature, says it was inadvertently released

DHS, FBI warn first responders of Android threat

Ransomware on Android scares users with gov’t notices, asks for $300

Vulnerability impacting multiple versions of Android could enable device takeover

Nearly 90 percent of Android devices vulnerable to endless reboot bug

VPN gone bad: APT actors enlist Chinese ‘Terracotta’ provider to hide criminal activity