Category Archives: Android

Chrome 100.0.4896.127 fixes 0-day vulnerability CVE-2022-1364

Posted on 2022-04-15 by guenni

[German]Google has released updates to Google Chrome 100.0.4896.127 for Android, as well as for Windows and Mac on the desktop in the stable channel as of April 14, 2022. The update closes the 0-day vulnerability CVE-2022-1364, for which an expliit … Continue reading →

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Microsoft renames Windows/Android Apps "Your Phone" etc.

Posted on 2022-04-02 by guenni

[German]Microsoft ships with Windows 10/11 an app for communication between Android and Windows. This allows the screen of certain Android devices to be displayed on a Windows 10 system and the smartphone to be accessed. In a new blog post, … Continue reading →

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Chrome 100.0.4896.60 fixes 28 vulnerabilities

Posted on 2022-03-30 by guenni

[German]Google has released updates to Google Chrome 100.0.4896.60 for Windows and Mac on the desktop in the Stable Channel on 29 March 2022. The new version only brings the 100 in the version number, but also fixes 28 security vulnerabilities, … Continue reading →

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Google Play: Play Movies & TV are beeing removed in Mai 2022

Posted on 2022-03-24 by guenni

Google is continuing its approach of kicking media content out of its Google Play Store. After music, films and TV series should now also be dropped from Google Play and made available under Google TV. This is the result of … Continue reading →

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Intune-Issue with Android 12 devices confirmed

Posted on 2022-03-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft's Intune team has confirmed a know issue with Intune. Customers with Android devices lose access to Intune-managed resources after upgrading to Android 12. Advertising

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Android Trojan Xenomorph targets 56 European banks

Posted on 2022-02-23 by guenni

[German]Security researchers from threadfabric.com have come across a new Android banking Trojan in February 2022, which is distributed via the Google Play Store and targets the customers of 56 European banks. An infected cleaner app was downloaded more than 50,000 … Continue reading →

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Pixel 6/6 Pro: Google has stopped the rollout of December 2021 Update

Posted on 2021-12-31 by guenni

Google has stopped the rollout of the December 2021 Android security update for its Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones. The reason: After the update was released, some users reported that calls were interrupted or the connection dropped. Google … Continue reading →

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Malware in Android apps (Example GriftHorse)

Posted on 2021-12-11 by guenni

[German]Android Malware has become one of the most problematic security issue in 2020/2021. Actually, I could write about malware-infected apps almost every day. Today, I'd like to share a case from a few days ago about the so-called GriftHorse malware, … Continue reading →

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App 'Life360 Locator' is selling GPS location data since 2016

Posted on 2021-12-07 by guenni

[German]This is probably a solid scandal – there is an app Life360 – Familie suchen, which is also available on Android in Germany has millions of users. The app allows family members to be tracked via their smartphone. Now it … Continue reading →

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Android App Barcod Scanner with Trojan – opens random websites

Posted on 2021-12-06 by guenni

[German]I became aware of this security case via a Facebook post. It's about the Android app Barcod Scanner. It seems the app have been infected with an adware Trojan during one of the latest updates. Smartphones of affected users, opens … Continue reading →

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