Anyone Order Some New Android Spyware?
Apparently Cube Call Recorder is a very popular app, with over 10,000,000 downloads on Google Play, used to record phone calls on Android phones. It would seem that either Russia's Federal Security…
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Tag: Android
New FakeCall Android Malware Redirects Bank Phone Calls To Scammers Invisibly
It can be fun to load and configure an Android APK which didn't come from the Google Store, or to grab an app that sounds great from somewhere on the web but…
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The Necro Android Malware Loader Is Back From The Dead And Spreading
The Google App store is once again at the centre of discussions about just what Google means when they say you should trust the security of the Play Store. The original Necro…
Read MorePodcast #779 – XFX Mercury RX 7900 XTX with Magnetic Fans, Microsoft Makes Windows Worse, Optane Sale!, Seagate on eBay + MORE!
You will be pleased to learn that we did indeed get together on Wednesday night (at 10 Eastern) to podcast this week. Here is the edited version of that podcast recording session. …
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Android’s seccomp, Lying Snowblind In The Sun
If you are using an Android device then here's some good news, as of yet researchers have only ever spotted one specific app that has been modified by the new Snowblind vulnerability…
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Beware Old Androids, Active Exploit On Bifrost and Valhall GPU Kernel Drivers
There was a a use-after-free vulnerability in version r41p0 of the Bifrost and Valhall GPU kernel driver, which was patched back in 2022. The problem is that when Arm releases a patch,…
Read MorePodcast #763 – GDDR7 Specs, NVIDIA Says No CUDA on Other GPUs, Crucial T705 Gen5 SSD, GenAI Worm, Roku Updates Terms and MORE!
We talked at length about various things, some of which were actually the topics at hand! The Apple M3, Android apps on Windows 11, and Roku agreement - or else. Not to…
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AutoSpill, A Lot Of News For A Small Problem
There has been a fair amount of coverage of AutoSpill on Android devices, after all a bug which affects the major password managers including Google Smart Lock, Dashlane, 1Password, LastPass,...
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Android Malware Comes Preinstalled From The Factory, For Your Convenience
In the past we have seen questionable software pre-installed by the manufacturer which has lead to unnecessary vulnerabilities, Superfish being a prime example. In most cases the software was not specifically designed…
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Check Android Updates!!! Vulnerabilities Allow Baseband Remote Code Execution
Buckle down, this is a rough ride. The Project Zero team at Google have reported 18 zero-day vulnerabilities affecting Exynos modems found in many Android cellphones over the past few months.
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BRATA, Worst Android Malware In A While
BRATA is Android malware which targets people by posing as an app from a bank, asking you to install it in a rather nasty way. It has been spotted in...
Read MorePodcast #659 – RTX 3080 12GB, 2k Watt PSU, NUC 12 with LGA, DLDSR tech, RX 6500 XT x4 + MORE!
Post-CES is generally pretty light for a few weeks, but not this year! Josh was out sick but Kent stepped in and we had a low-key discussion of the topics of the…
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Android Still Gathers Personal Data And Sends It To The Mothership
Android phone vendors like Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, and Realme have been in the news several times over the years as researchers published their findings about the amount of data that the handsets…
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Meet The Android Automotive OS
Considering how difficult it is to pick up a new car at the moment, Ars Technica's look at the Android Automotive OS might be your first chance to take a look at…
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Huawei’s HarmonyOS; I Can’t Believe It’s Not Android
It's been a rough year for Huawei, with the two pronged American sanctions blocking both access to American made parts the company relied on as well as the ability to sell products…
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Qualcomm and Google’s Three Years Of Android Updates
Qualcomm and Google hit the headlines with an announcement that they will now "support 4 Android OS versions and 4 years of security updates." This is certainly not a bad...
Read MorePC Perspective Podcast #605 – RX6800 & 6800XT Review, Intel / AMD History, Microsoft Security Chip + More!
AMD is now totally killing it with their GPUs! We take a deep dive on the testing we did on the game-changing RX6800 & RX6800xt models. TL;DR: They're totally worth…
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The Hidden Cost Of Android? 350MB Of Phoning Home Every Month
Keep your eyes open for what might be a new class action suit against Alphabet, as a lawsuit has been filed by four parties in several states in the US claiming that…
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