ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet

We've recently found a vulnerability in certain Android apps that may leave user data at risk of being captured or being used to launch attacks.

Android-Entwickler wollen eine geheime Hintertür in Samsung-Galaxy-Smartphones entdeckt haben. Auch zwei von Samsung produzierte Nexus-Phones sollen betroffen sein.

A new trojan for Android has been discovered that resides in the memory of infected devices and launches itself early on in the OS loading stage. Even if some elements of the threat ...

Un chercheur a trouvé une méthode pour forcer les smartphones de la gamme Nexus de Google à redémarrer et ne pas se connecter au réseau. Il utilise une sorte d'attaques DDOS avec des SMS spéciaux.

Pour un conférencier de la Defcon 21, la fonctionnalité "weblogin" serait corruptible, et pas qu'un peu : tout un système applicatif pourrait être compromis en exploitant la bonne faille.

Kaspersky Labs claims Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a is the most sophisticated piece of Android malware it has seen, and could signal a new era in Android threats.

But a newly detected Trojan targeting Google’s platform looks more like an advanced Windows virus than Android malware. It exploits multiple previously unknown vulnerabilities in the mobile OS, uses complex code obfuscation techniques, and blocks uninstall attempts.

An extremely well attended talk by Hugo Teso, a security consultant at n.runs AG in Germany, about the completely realistic scenario of plan...

It's amazing to discover that aviation - an industry where safety is of vital importance and every physical element has one or even two fail-safe mechanisms - is failing to secure the onboard computer, the heart and brain of the plane.

Millions of Android smartphones and tablets are at risk of being attacked via the Heartbleed bug, more than a week after the security vulnerability was first made public.

So, the obvious question you should be considering is, are you running Jellybean 4.1.1 on your Android devices?

Here’s how you can check:

• Enter System settings
• Scroll the screen down to About
• Look for your Android version number

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Learn more:

• http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Heartbleed

These days, the 2013 edition of the DefCamp security conference is taking place in Bucharest. There have been a lot of interesting presentations so fa...

Alecu has found a vulnerability in Google devices that can be exploited to cause them to reboot.

The security hole impacts devices such as Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4 and Nexus 5, regardless of the version of Android they’re running (even the latest KitKat)!

Google Cloud Messaging serving as conduit for sending data from C&C servers

Criminals rent such networks to others for malware distribution. Among the malware distributed is the most sophisticated Android Trojan, known as Obad, Kaspersky said.

The malware opens a backdoor in an infected device in order to download additional malicious code for stealing money from victims' bank accounts. While not common in the U.S., people in other countries often use their smartphone for money transfers.

In Googles Mobilbetriebssystem Android ist eine Sicherheitslücke entdeckt worden. Darüber können Unbefugte Schadcode in eine App einfügen, ohne dass sich die kryptographische Signatur verändert.

By Nathan Collier We have found a new threat we are calling Android.TechnoReaper. This malware has two parts: a downloader available on the Google Play Market and the spyware app it downloads. The ...

A European security researcher claims to have developed a hack that allowed him to take control of aviation navigation systems using an Android phone.

He claims the Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Administration are working on fixing the vulnerability.