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Poor implementation of encryption in a popular Android remote management application exposes millions of users to data theft and remote code execution attacks. According to researchers from mobile security firm Zimperium, the AirDroid screen sharing and remote control application sends authentication information encrypted with a hard-coded key. This information could allow man-in-the-middle attackers to push […]

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Unknown sources account for hundreds of thousands of Trojan installations on Android devices, but Google Play and pre-installation are also main sources of malware installation, a recent report from Cheetah Mobile Security Research Lab reveals. Tens of millions of applications are being installed on users’ smartphones daily, but nearly one third of them come from […]

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Google is planning new security features for the upcoming Android 7.0, including verified boot, which will prevent devices with a corrupt or modified boot image from booting. Android already has verified boot for cryptographic integrity checking to detect modifications to the operating system, but Android 7.0 will now require the feature to be strictly enforced, […]

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