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Name

Category

Web

24.12.20

Samsung fixes critical Android bugs in December 2020 updatesAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

19.12.20

Cyberpunk 2077 Headaches Grow: New Spyware Found in Fake Android Download

Android

Threatpost

19.12.20

Fake mobile version of Cyberpunk 2077 spreads ransomware

Android

Securityaffairs

19.12.20

Google Extends Support Period for Android Devices

Android

Securityweek
13.12.20Android apps with 200 million installs vulnerable to security bugAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

10.12.20Android app still exposing messages of 100M users despite bug fixAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

9.12.20

Google Patches Critical Wi-Fi and Audio Bugs in Android Handsets

Android

Threatpost

8.12.20

Rana Android Malware Updates Allow WhatsApp, Telegram IM Snooping

Android

Threatpost

7.12.20

Iranian RANA Android Malware Also Spies On Instant Messengers

Android  BigBrothers

Thehackernews
4.12.20

Hundreds of millions of Android users exposed to hack due to CVE-2020-8913

Android

Securityaffairs
4.12.20

Many Android Apps Expose Users to Attacks Due to Failure to Patch Google Library

Android

Securityweek
4.12.20

Google Play Apps Remain Vulnerable to High-Severity Flaw

Android

Threatpost
3.12.20Several Unpatched Popular Android Apps Put Millions of Users at Risk of HackingAndroidThehackernews
2.12.20

Android Messenger App Still Leaking Photos, Videos

Android

Threatpost

29.11.20

Fake Minecraft mods swamp over 1M Android devices with ads

Android

Bleepingcomputer

27.11.20

Android chat app with 100 million installs exposes private messagesAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

25.11.20

‘Minecraft Mods’ Attack More Than 1 Million Android Devices

Android

Threatpost

25.11.20

Baidu Apps in Google Play Leak Sensitive Data

Android

Threatpost

25.11.20

Baidu Android apps removed from Play Store because caught collecting user details

Android

Securityaffairs

25.11.20

Baidu's Android Apps Caught Collecting and Leaking Sensitive User Data

Android

Thehackernews

20.11.20

Microsoft now lets you run multiple Android apps in Windows 10Android

Bleepingcomputer

20.11.20

Samsung fixes critical Android flaws with November 2020 updatesAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

20.11.20

Google Launches Strong Encryption for Android Messages

Android

Securityweek

12.11.20

Minecraft Apps on Google Play Fleece Players Out of Big MoneyAndroid

Threatpost

11.11.20

Ghimob Android Banking Trojan Targets 153 Mobile Apps

Android

Threatpost

10.11.20

Let’s Encrypt Warns Some Android Users of Compatibility Issues

Android

Securityweek

10.11.20

Watch Out! New Android Banking Trojan Steals From 112 Financial Apps

Android

Thehackernews

4.11.20

Google Patches 30 Vulnerabilities With November 2020 Android UpdatesAndroid

Securityweek

31.10.20

Firestarter Android Malware Abuses Google Firebase Cloud Messaging

Android

Threatpost

28.10.20

Google Boots 21 Bogus Gaming Apps from Play Marketplace

Android

Threatpost
28.10.20

Google removes a set of 21 malicious apps from the Play Store

Android

Securityaffairs

28.10.20

21 Malicious Apps Downloaded 8 Million Times From Google Play

Android

Securityweek

27.10.20Google Removes 21 Malicious Android Apps from Play StoreAndroidThehackernews

21.10.20

Windows GravityRAT Malware Now Also Targets macOS and Android Devices

Android

Thehackernews
14.10.20

Authentication Bug Opens Android Smart-TV Box to Data Theft

Android

Threatpost
10.10.20Google now discloses Android vulnerabilities for 3rd-party devicesAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

9.10.20

RAINBOWMIX Apps in Google Play Serve Up Millions of Ad Fraud Victims

Android

Threatpost
8.10.20

Google Rolls Out Fixes for High-Severity Android System Flaws

Android

Threatpost
8.10.20

Android's October 2020 Security Update Patches 48 Vulnerabilities

Android

Securityweek
6.10.20

Google Announces Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative

Android

Securityweek
6.10.20

Google aims to improve security of browser engines, third-party Android devices and apps on Google Play

Android

Net-security
2.10.20

InterPlanetary Storm Botnet Infects 13K Mac, Android Devices

Android  BotNet

Threatpost
1.10.20Beware: New Android Spyware Found Posing as Telegram and Threema AppsAndroidThehackernews
1.10.20

Android Spyware Variant Snoops on WhatsApp, Telegram Messages

Android

Threatpost
29.9.20

Joker Trojans Flood the Android Ecosystem

Android

Threatpost
28.9.20Google removes 17 Joker -infected apps from the Play StoreAndroidSecurityaffairs
25.9.20

Alien Android Banking Trojan Sidesteps 2FA

Android

Threatpost

25.9.20

Alien Android banking Trojan, the powerful successor of the Cerberus malware

Android

Securityaffairs
22.9.20

Firefox for Android Bug Allows ‘Epic Rick-Rolling’

Android

Threatpost
22.9.20

Android Malware Bypasses 2FA And Targets Telegram, Gmail Passwords

Android

Threatpost
21.9.20

Firefox Flaw Allowed Hackers to Remotely Open Malicious Sites on Android Phones

Android

Securityweek
21.9.20

Whitepaper: Mobile banking regulations, threats and fraud prevention

Android

Net-security
19.9.20

Rampant Kitten ‘s arsenal includes Android malware that bypasses 2FA

Android

Securityaffairs
18.9.20

Android 11 — 5 New Security and Privacy Features You Need to Know

Android

Thehackernews
18.9.20

Google Play Bans Stalkerware and ‘Misrepresentation’

Android

Threatpost
17.9.20Google Ups Malware Protection for 'Advanced Protection' UsersAndroidSecurityweek
15.9.20

TikTok Fixes Flaws That Opened Android App to Compromise

Android

Securityaffairs
13.9.20Samsung fixes critical Android flaws with September updatesAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

10.9.20

Google Squashes Critical Android Media Framework Bug

Android

Threatpost
9.9.20

Android's September 2020 Patches Fix Critical System Vulnerabilities

Android

Securityweek
8.9.20

Popular Android apps are rife with cryptographic vulnerabilities

Android

Net-security
6.9.20Google rolls out Secure DNS support to Chrome for AndroidAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

3.9.20

Joker Spyware Plagues More Google Play Apps

Android  Virus

Threatpost

1.9.20

Google removed malicious Terracotta apps from the Play Store

Android

Securityaffairs
18.8.20Samsung rolls out Android updates fixing critical vulnerabilitiesAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

16.8.20Twitter for Android vulnerability gave access to direct messagesAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

12.8.20Flaws in Samsung Phones Exposed Android Users to Remote AttacksAndroidThehackernews
11.8.20'Find My Mobile' Vulnerabilities Exposed Samsung Galaxy Phones to AttacksAndroidSecurityweek

6.8.20

High-Severity Android RCE Flaw Fixed in August Security UpdateAndroid

Threatpost

6.8.20

Twitter Fixes High-Severity Flaw Affecting Android UsersAndroid

Threatpost

5.8.20

Google Patches Over 50 Vulnerabilities in Android With August 2020 UpdatesAndroid

Securityweek

30.7.20

'BootHole' Flaw Allows Installation of Stealthy Malware, Affects Billions of Devices

Android

Securityweek

28.7.20

Source code of Cerberus Android Trojan offered for sale for $100,000

Android

Securityaffairs

27.7.20

Cerberus Android malware source code offered for sale for $100,000

Android

Bleepingcomputer

25.7.20

Malicious ‘Blur’ Photo App Campaign Discovered on Google Play

Android

Threatpost

24.7.20Chinese Drone Giant DJI Responds to Disclosure of Android App Security IssuesAndroid

Securityweek

18.7.20

New Android malware steals your dating and social accountsAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

17.7.20

LokiBot Redux Attacks Massive List of Common Android Apps

Android

Threatpost

17.7.20

New Android BlackRock malware targets hundreds of apps

Android

Securityaffairs

16.7.20

New Android Malware Now Steals Passwords For Non-Banking Apps TooAndroidThehackernews

16.7.20

Android chat app uses public code to spy, exposes user data

Android

Bleepingcomputer

12.7.20

Joker Android malware keeps evading Google Play Store defensesAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

10.7.20

Pre-Installed malware spotted on other Android phones sold in US

Android

Securityaffairs

10.7.20

Joker Android Malware Dupes Its Way Back Onto Google PlayAndroid

Threatpost

10.7.20

‘Undeletable’ Malware Shows Up in Yet Another Android DeviceAndroidThreatpost

10.7.20

Joker malware apps bypassed Google’s Play Store security checksAndroidSecurityaffairs

10.7.20

Researchers Find Pre-Installed Malware on More Android Phones in U.S.Android

Securityweek

10.7.20

Joker Malware Apps Once Again Bypass Google's Security to Spread via Play StoreAndroidThehackernews
9.7.20Google Patches Critical Android Vulnerabilities With July 2020 UpdatesAndroid

Securityweek

8.7.20Cerberus Banking Trojan Unleashed on Google PlayAndroidThreatpost
8.7.20Malicious app in Google Play used to deliver Cerberus Banking TrojanAndroidSecurityaffairs
8.7.20Cerberus Banking Trojan Delivered via App Hosted on Google PlayAndroid

Securityweek

7.7.20

Android Users Hit with ‘Undeletable’ Adware

Android

Threatpost
6.7.20Pig in a poke: smartphone adwareAndroidSecurelist
4.7.20Chinese Hackers Target Uyghurs With Multiple Android Surveillance ToolsAndroid  BigBrothers

Securityweek

29.5.20Critical Android bug lets malicious apps hide in plain sightAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

28.5.20

StrandHogg 2.0: Critical Android flaw allows app hijacking, data theft

Android

Net-security

27.5.20

The Security of Your Android Device May Depend on Where You LiveAndroidSecurityweek

27.5.20

StrandHogg 2.0 Critical Bug Allows Android App HijackingAndroidThreatpost

27.5.20

StrandHogg 2.0 Android flaw affects over 1 Billion devicesAndroid

Securityaffairs

27.5.20

StrandHogg 2.0 Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Hijack Android DevicesAndroidSecurityweek

27.5.20

New Android Flaw Affecting Over 1 Billion Phones Let Attackers Hijack AppsAndroidThehackernews
25.5.20Aggressive in-app advertising in AndroidAndroidSecurelist
20.5.20

WolfRAT Android Malware Targets WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger

Android

Threatpost

19.5.20

Mandrake, a high sophisticated Android spyware used in targeted attacks

Android

Securityaffairs
18.5.20'Mandrake' Android Spyware Remained Undetected for 4 YearsAndroidSecurityweek
13.5.20Thousands of Android Apps Leak Data Due to Firebase MisconfigurationsAndroidSecurityweek
12.5.20Over 4000 Android Apps Expose Users' Data via Misconfigured Firebase DatabasesAndroidThehackernews

6.5.20

Google Android RCE Bug Allows Attacker Full Device Access

Android

Threatpost

5.5.20

Android's May 2020 Patches Fix Critical System Vulnerability

Android

Securityweek
5.5.20

Firm's MDM Server Abused to Deliver Android Malware to 75% of Its Devices

Android

Securityweek

3.5.20

Hackers breach company’s MDM server to spread Android malwareAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

3.5.20New Android malware steals financial information, bypasses 2FAAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

2.5.20

Hacking group used Google Play Store to push spyware for yearsAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

2.5.20

Lucy malware for Android adds file-encryption for ransomware opsAndroid  Ransomware

Bleepingcomputer

2.5.20

New 'EventBot' Android Malware Targets Nearly 300 Financial AppsAndroidSecurityweek

1.5.20

New Android Malware Targets PayPal, CapitalOne App UsersAndroidThreatpost

30.4.20

EventBot, a new Android mobile targets financial institutions across Europe

Android

Securityaffairs

30.4.20

Android Ransomware Asks for Victim's Credit Card Info

Android

Securityweek

30.4.20

New Android Malware Steals Banking Passwords, Private Data and Keystrokes

Android

Thehackernews

30.4.20

Android Phone Makers Improve Patching PracticesAndroidSecurityweek
29.4.20Sophisticated Android Spyware Attack Spreads via Google PlayAndroid

Threatpost

22.4.20Banking.BR Android Trojan Emerges in Credential-Stealing AttacksAndroid

Threatpost

19.4.20

Hacker claims to have stolen 39 million Aptoide app store users

Android

Securityaffairs

16.4.20

Hackers are again attacking Portuguese banking organizations via Android Trojan-BankerAndroidSecurityaffairs
9.4.20

Avast Launches Security-Focused Browser for Android

Android

Securityweek
8.4.20xHelper: The Russian Nesting Doll of Android MalwareAndroid

Threatpost

8.4.20xHelper, the Unkillable Android malware that re-Installs after factory resetAndroidSecurityaffairs
7.4.20Unveiled: How xHelper Android Malware Re-Installs Even After Factory ResetAndroidThehackernews
6.4.20Experts uncovered hidden behavior in thousands of Android AppsAndroidSecurityaffairs
3.4.20Researchers Discover Hidden Behavior in Thousands of Android AppsAndroidSecurityweek
25.3.20

Tekya Malware Threatens Millions of Android Users via Google Play

Android

Threatpost

24.3.20Over 50 Android Apps for Kids on Google Play Store Caught in Ad Fraud SchemeAndroidThehackernews

20.3.20

Android Surveillance Campaign Leverages COVID-19 CrisisAndroidSecurityweek

20.3.20

Google Advanced Protection users get new protections against Android malware

Android

Net-security

17.3.20

Rare Android Stalkerware Can Steal Data, Control Devices

Android

Securityweek
14.3.20Google Play Protect Miserably Fails Android Protection TestsAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

14.3.20Cookiethief, the Android malware that hijacks Facebook accountsAndroidSecurityaffairs
13.3.20'Cookiethief' Android Malware Hijacks Facebook AccountsAndroidSecurityweek
13.3.20New Android Cookie-Stealing Malware Found Hijacking Facebook AccountsAndroidThehackernews
13.3.20

Trojan Raids Android Users’ Cookie Jars

Android

Threatpost

12.3.20Cookiethief: a cookie-stealing Trojan for AndroidAndroidSecurelist

5.3.20

You Can Now Run Android on an iPhone With 'Project Sandcastle'

Android  Apple

Thehackernews
4.3.20Google addresses over 70 flaws in Android, including a remotely exploitable issueAndroid  ExploitSecurityaffairs
4.3.20MediaTek Bug Actively Exploited, Affects Millions of Android DevicesAndroid  Exploit

Threatpost

4.3.20Google Patches Critical Remotely Exploitable Android BugAndroidSecurityweek

1.3.20

Cerberus Android Malware Can Bypass 2FA, Unlock Devices RemotelyAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

28.2.20

Google’s War on Android App Permissions, 60 Percent Successful

Android

Threatpost

27.2.20

New strain of Cerberus Android banking trojan can steal Google Authenticator codesAndroidSecurityaffairs

26.2.20

Google Advises Android Developers to Encrypt App Data On Device

Android

Thehackernews

24.2.20

Android Malware: Joker Still Fools Google's Defense, New Clicker FoundAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

23.2.20

Joker malware still able to bypass Google Play Store checks

Android

Securityaffairs
23.2.20

Google removed nearly 600 apps from the Play Store for ad policy violation

Android  Privacy

Securityaffairs
22.2.20

New ‘Haken’ Malware Found On Eight Apps In Google Play Store

Android

Threatpost

22.2.20Google Removes 600 Android Apps for Displaying Disruptive AdsAndroidSecurityweek
21.2.20Google Bans 600 Android Apps from Play Store for Serving Disruptive AdsAndroidThehackernews
21.2.20

Google Bans 600 Android Apps for Obnoxious Ads

Android

Threatpost

19.2.20Google Removes Mideast Android App ToTokAndroidSecurityweek
16.2.20Google Play Protect Blocked 1.9 Billion Malware Installs in 2019Android

Bleepingcomputer

14.2.20Google: Efforts Against Bad Android Apps on Play Store Are WorkingAndroid

Threatpost

13.2.20

Google: Protections Added by Samsung to Android Kernel Increase Attack SurfaceAndroid  AttackSecurityweek

13.2.20

Google Play Protect prevented 1.9 billion malware installs from Third-party stores in 2019AndroidSecurityaffairs

13.2.20

Google Play Protect Scans 100 Billion Android Apps DailyAndroidSecurityweek
9.2.20Critical Android Bluetooth Flaw Exploitable without User InteractionAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

9.2.20Phishing Attack Disables Google Play Protect, Drops Anubis TrojanAndroid  Phishing

Bleepingcomputer

8.2.20Phishing Campaign Targets 250 Android Apps with Anubis MalwareAndroid  Phishing

Threatpost

8.2.20Critical Android Bluetooth Bug Enables RCE, No User Interaction NeededAndroid

Threatpost

7.2.20Critical Android Bluetooth flaw CVE-2020-0022 could be exploited without user interactionAndroidSecurityaffairs
7.2.20Malicious Optimizers Hosted on Google Play Amassed 470,000 DownloadsAndroidSecurityweek
5.2.20Android's February 2020 Update Patches Critical System VulnerabilitiesAndroidSecurityweek
5.2.20Two Critical Android Bugs Get Patched in February UpdateAndroid

Threatpost

5.2.20Android's February 2020 Update Patches Critical System VulnerabilitiesAndroidSecurityweek
1.2.20Android Flash Tool Lets You Install Android Using a BrowserAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

1.2.20

Ring Android App Sent Sensitive User Data to 3rd Party TrackersAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

29.1.20

Ring Doorbell App for Android Sends Out Loads of User Data

Android

Securityweek
26.1.20Twitter Releases Updated Android App to Fix CrashesAndroid  Social

Bleepingcomputer

19.1.20Android Trojan Steals Your Money to Fund International SMS AttacksAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

17.1.20‘Fleeceware’ Apps Downloaded 600M Times from Google PlayAndroid

Threatpost

16.1.20Hundreds of million users installed Android fleeceware apps from Google PlayAndroidSecurityaffairs

14.1.20

Joker Android Malware Snowballs on Google PlayAndroid

Threatpost

13.1.20Google removed 1.7K+ Joker Malware infected apps from its Play StoreAndroidSecurityaffairs
13.1.20Google Removes Trove of Risky 'Bread' Apps From Play StoreAndroidSecurityweek
12.1.20Android Trojan Kills Google Play Protect, Spews Fake App ReviewsAndroid

Bleepingcomputer

12.1.20Google Removed Over 1.7K Joker Malware Infected Apps from Play StoreAndroid  Virus

Bleepingcomputer

10.1.20

Threat From Pre-Installed Malware on Android Phones is GrowingAndroidSecurityweek
8.1.20

App on Google Play exploited Android bug to deliver spyware

Android

Net-security

8.1.20

Google Fixes Critical Android RCE Flaw

Android

Threatpost

8.1.20Malicious app exploiting CVE-2019-2215 zero-day available in Google Play since MarchAndroid  ExploitSecurityaffairs
7.1.20Android's January 2020 Update Patches 40 VulnerabilitiesAndroidSecurityweek
7.1.203 Google Play Store Apps Exploit Android Zero-Day Used by NSO GroupAndroidThehackernews
7.1.20

ToTok Returned to Google Play Despite ‘Spy Tool’ Claims

Android  BigBrothers  CyberSpy

Threatpost

7.1.20App Found in Google Play Exploits Recent Android Zero-DayAndroid  ExploitSecurityweek
6.1.20Popular Mideast App Accused of Spying Back on Google PlayAndroidSecurityweek

2.1.20

Popular Mideast App Pulled After Report it Was Spying ToolAndroidSecurityweek