‘More than 12,000 Android apps contain backdoors’
Extensive academic research has discovered hidden backdoors in 12,706 Android applications. These include secret access keys, master passwords and secret commands found in 6,800 Play Store apps, 1,000 apps from third-party app stores and nearly 4,800 pre-installed apps.
Academics from Europe and...
Google releases Developer Preview 2 for Android 11
The release of Android 11 for consumers is still a while away, but the Developer Preview has already been made available by Google. With the release of the Developer Preview 2, a series of new features (and security updates) are introduced.
One month after the release of the first Developer Prev...
Google Translate enables live translation for Android
Google Translate's Android app can translate speech live between eight languages. There is support for the English and German languages, among others; Dutch has no support for the time being.
The live translation of conversations was announced in January and was expected to be released in the ne...
‘Over a billion Android phones vulnerable to hackers’
Research shows that more than a billion Android devices are vulnerable to cyber attacks because they have not been updated. This is shown by research by Which?, a British market watchdog.
Google data shows that just over 40 percent of Android users worldwide use version 6.0 or lower. This means ...
Smartphones with MediaTek chipsets vulnerable to root access
Millions of devices with a chipset from the Taiwanese manufacturer MediaTek have been vulnerable for months, to malicious external attacks that could access the root. This is proven by a publication from XDA-Developers.
Google's monthly Security Bulletin on Android mentioned the vulnerability CV...
Android Studio 3.6 improves editing, debugging and testing
Android Studio 3.6 was recently released. Among other things, view binding and a new packaging tool have been added to the IDE.
To prevent Android developers from wasting their time with broken code, the team behind the project introduced the concept of view binding in the current release. Null ...
Microsoft announces Defender for Linux, Android and iOS to follow
Not only versions of Microsoft Windows have security tools, including Threat Protection, Insider Risk Management and Defender, also Linux has the possibility to install this security as of this week. Microsoft is also planning to roll out the tools for iOS and Android later this year.
The arriva...
Google launches Android 11 preview with great focus on privacy
Google rolled out the first preview of Android 11 today. The preview is meant for developers who can test their apps earlier on the new Android version. This way they can guarantee compatibility with the new version for users.
There is a strong emphasis on privacy and security in the new version...
Huawei chooses TomTom after Maps ban
Because of the ban imposed by America on Chinese Huawei, the smartphone manufacturer does not have to count on the use of apps produced under the flag of Google. Since this also includes the navigation app Google Maps, Huawei had to look for an alternative. An alternative that was found in the Dutc...
Beta for Android version of GitHub appears in Play Store
To make it easier for developers to collaborate, GitHub is launching the Android version of their platform in the Google Play Store.
While the Android version will be available for immediate use (albeit Early Access), iOS users will have to wait a while, but on GitHub's website they can request ...
Google Play Apps found that exploit vulnerability to steal data
According to researchers, a vulnerability in Anroid's kernel is used by three apps from the Google Play Store to access a user's phone. According to the researchers, the hacking group SideWinder is behind the apps.
The now removed Camero app would make use of the vulnerability CVE-2019-2215, whi...
Mobile malware wriggling towards top cyber threats
A rare event, albeit not a positive one: For the first time in three years, a mobile trojan has been able to penetrate the top ten of most threatening malware at this moment. XHelper focuses specifically on Android users.
Last month's Global Threat Index features Check Point Software Technologie...