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September Adobe Flash update patches critical vulnerabilities

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Sep

2011

Adobe has just released an update (APSB11-26) to its ubiquitous Flash software, revving it to version 10.3.183.10 for Windows, Mac, Solaris and Linux, and to version 10.3.186.7 for Android. Today’s release fixes six vulnerabilities in Flash Player, one of which was being used in targeted attacks (CVE-2011-2444). This bug is a cross-site scripting flaw which […]

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First malware using Android Gingerbreak root exploit

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Aug

2011

It did not take too long after I found out about the discovery of Gingermaster, the first Android malware to use the Gingerbreak exploit, to acquire a sample which was still available from a Chinese alternative Android Marketplace. The package I downloaded uses the following permissions: android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE android.permission.READ_LOGS android.permission.DELETE_CACHE_FILES android.permission.ACCESS_CACHE_FILESYSTEM android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS […]

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Android Class Loading Hijacking

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Jun

2011

We have been taking a close look at Android threats since they first appeared, looking for ways to analyze and classify them, as well as looking at possible attack vectors they may use in the near future. Some of our research has uncovered how Android applications could potentially exploit other installed applications to steal their […]

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