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Thousands of legit websites’ security has been compromised to secretly redirect the visitors, coming through specific search terms, to prospective fraudulent websites offering hacking schemes and services. This was revealed in a recent investigation by one of the Malwarebytes researcher, Steven Burn, responsible for scrutinizing Facebook hacking frauds. Those readers who are not aware of […]
If you think that all the Android apps currently available on the legitimate Google Play Store are reliable and free-of-malware, then you are wrong. Developers of MKero Malware, which was firstly identified in 2014, have altered their apps’ packing in such a manner that it easily and successfully passes through Google Bouncer, the vetting system […]
Android is one of the most vulnerable OS in the world — If you are an Android user you need to be careful with downloading apps. Several malicious mobile apps have been surfaced on the Internet, which is a ransomware variant that takes advantage of offering pornography as a bait for targeted victims into downloading […]
Short Bytes: According to a new and surprising report by the security firm G Data, 26 top Android smartphone models come with pre-installed spyware. These smartphone makers include reputed names like Lenovo, Xiaomi and Huawei. Buying a new Android smartphone doesn’t guarantee you a phone free of malicious spyware. On your phone, you see what […]
Officials at Check Point, the IT security vendor, have discovered a rogue app on the Google Play Store that is exploiting the recently identified Certifi-gate bug. Recordable Activator (downloaded by 6,083 users), the application that has been accused of this malicious behavior, is a screen-recording app that was created by Invisibility, a UK-based company. [must […]
China has been a usual suspect behind the cyber attacks carried out worldwide — From U.S. to India, everyone blames the red army for its cyber campaigns. A group of hackers that seems to be based in China have been running a cyber attack campaign to spy on India and the neighboring countries in an […]
The world’s securest Switzerland based emailing service provider ProtonMail goes open source with the public release of their webmail interface version 2.0. They have also announced the release of beta version of their mobile apps for iOS and Android. According to ProtonMail, their email service’s core cryptography code has been open source since the launch […]
Short Bytes: Google has released the final preview of Android Marshmallow 6.0 and you can download it right now and install it on your Nexus devices. Read more for step-by-step tutorial. While the final release date of Android Marshmallow is away, Google has released the final preview of Android Marshmallow. If you own a Google Nexus […]
A huge security flaw in a Signalling System Number 7 (SS7) left billions of mobile phone users at a risk of eavesdropping. The loophole allows hackers to infect any targeted smartphone user, intercepting their voice calls and text messages, and will be able to track their locations as well. Recently demonstrated in the Australian TV […]
Short Bytes: The smartphone maker Samsung has released a nice and colorful infographic telling how your phone will change after Android Marshmallow update. Here, we bring to you some of the new features and enhancements Android Marshmallow update is bringing about after its predecessor, Android Lollipop: Best Features of Android Marshmallow | App Permissions: If you […]
Short Bytes: Today, we are here with the list of the best Android torrent apps to tell you about the most useful and easy to use torrent clients for you Android smartphone. Read more to find out. Today Torrent is one of the biggest providers of data all over the world that runs ‘for’ and […]
The Zero-day vulnerability presented by IBM’s researchers Or Peles and Roee Hay will affect all Android devices. The two researchers from IBM’s X-Force Application Security Research Team presented a paper titled One Class to Rule Them All at the USENIX WOOT 2015 Security Conference held in Washington D.C. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/android-malware-development-17-sec/”]Hackers Develop Android Malware Every 17 […]
If your bored of using Windows phone then you can try this tutorial. In this article we will teach you “How To Install Android Apps On Windows 10 Mobile”. Step 1: Download wconnect and Android SDK ADB tool. Step 2: Now unzip SDK, connect tool and install IpOverUsbInstaller.msi and vcredist_x86.exe. Make sure ADB commands are working. Step […]
Short Bytes: This week, Google is releasing the “single largest software update the world has ever seen”. It has started rolling out patches for fixing the Android hijack bug Stagefright that targeted your phones with a single text. Android users were greeted with a shocking news last week when security researchers told the world about the Android hijack bug […]
Short Bytes: A flaw has been reported in thousands of Android apps that will crash them when Android M goes live. The problem lies in Google’s shift from OpenSSL to BoringSSL and the ignorance of app developers towards the linking guidelines. Google’s Android M is currently in preview stage and developers are busy testing this […]
Trend Micro has discovered a new vulnerability in the Android media service just days after the identification of Stagefright bug by Zimperium. This newly discovered vulnerability can make the phone crash constantly and stop responding to user commands. The difference between this new vulnerability and the Stagefright bug is that the latter’s scope is quite […]
Every one hates when their smartphone works very slow. In this tutorial we will teach you how to make an android smartphone performance very slow. Follow the few simple steps given below to make an android smartphone performance slow. Step 1: Go to settings and find “About phone” at very bottom of the list on […]
Short Bytes : Your smartphone is at the equal risk of getting infected by malware as is your computer. Hers’s a list of the best free android antivirus apps that not only protect your smartphone but also help you find it out in case you lose it. There are several Android antivirus apps that claim […]
Are you an Android phone user? Please pay attention as now it only takes one text message to hack an Android phone. Yes, you read that right! A newly revealed glitch in the Android operating system is believed to be one of the most devastating hacks in the history of mobile software. The glitch has […]
Mobile spy apps are available at the handful, but you don’t need them that way at all, one good spy app would do wonders and that’s all you need. So let’s talk more about the spy app I want to tell you about; to start off its called Xnspy and it takes monitoring to a […]
The LG Update Center Application faces yet another threat of cyber attack as was discovered by SEARCH-LAB Ltd in November 2014. A loophole exists where the center’s SSL certificate lacks verification hence creating a loophole for man-in-the-middle attack on the connection between applications and the LG website (www.lgcpm.com). This gap then exposes LG handset users […]