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Linux Kernel Exploit Ported to Android

Jun

2013

Malware authors are notorious for quickly leveraging new exploits in the public domain for nefarious purposes. The recent discovery of a Linux Kernel CVE-2013-2094 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2013-2094) in the Performance Counters for Linux (PCL)-currently being exploited on various platforms-has now been modified to work on the Android operating system. For anyone unfamiliar with […]

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A New Exploit Kit in Neutrino

Mar

2013

Robust and stealthier toolkits are predicted to emerge this year. This was first seen when the WhiteHole Exploit Kit appeared in the threat landscape. It took advantage of several vulnerabilities including the infamous CVE-2013-0422.Additionally, there have been reports of another new exploit kit called “Neutrino” being sold in the underground. The exploit, which we detects […]

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Threats From “Free” Android Apps in Japan (Part 2)

Nov

2012

Smartphone users in Japan are able to download a wide variety of apps, many of which are either inexpensive or free. Not all of these actually meet what users expect in terms of features, and some even introduce risks that users may not fully understand. In this blog entry, I will report the privacy risks […]

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