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The Register
1 year, 8 months ago
Millions of Android and iOS users at risk from hardcoded creds in popular apps
Azure Blob Storage, AWS, and Twilio keys all up for grabs An analysis of widely used mobile apps offered on Google Play and the Apple App Store has found hardcoded and unencrypted cloud service credentials, exposing millions of users to major security problems.…
Bleeping Computer
1 year, 8 months ago
AWS, Azure auth keys found in Android and iOS apps used by millions
Multiple popular mobile applications for iOS and Android come with hardcoded, unencrypted credentials for cloud services like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, exposing user data and source code to security breaches. [...]
Bleeping Computer
2 years ago
Chrome for Android tests feature that securely verifies your ID with sites
Google is testing a new feature called "Digital Credential API" for Chrome on Android that will allow websites to request identity information from mobile wallets using Android's IdentityCredential system. [...]
The Hacker News
3 years ago
Anatsa Banking Trojan Targeting Users in US, UK, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
A new Android malware campaign has been observed pushing the Anatsa banking trojan to target banking customers in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Austria, and Switzerland since the start of March 2023
Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives
3 years, 5 months ago
TgToxic Malware’s Automated Framework Targets Southeast Asia Android Users
We look into an ongoing malware campaign we named TgToxic, targeting Android mobile users in Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia since July 2022. The malware steals users’ credentials and assets such as cryptocurrency from digital wallets, as well as money from bank and finance apps. Analyzing the automated features of the malware, we found that the threat actor abused legitimate test framework Easyclick to write a Javascript-based automation script for functions such as clicks and gestures.
Dark Reading
3 years, 9 months ago
Meta Flags Malicious Android, iOS Apps Affecting 1M Facebook Users
Some 400 mobile apps have posed as legitimate software on Google Play and the Apple App Store over the past year, and were designed to steal Facebook user credentials.
The Hacker News
4 years, 2 months ago
Over 200 Apps on Play Store Caught Spying on Android Users Using Facestealer
More than 200 Android apps masquerading as fitness, photo editing, and puzzle apps have been observed distributing spyware called Facestealer to siphon user credentials and other valuable information. "Similar to Joker, another piece of mobile malware, Facestealer changes its code frequently, thus spawning many variants," Trend Micro analysts Cifer Fang, Ford Quin, and Zhengyu Dong said in a