Tag Archives: Android

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

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

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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Facestealer Trojan from Google Play Store app 'Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools' steals Facebook credentials

[German]Security researchers from Pradeo have discovered an Android app Craftsart Cartoon Photo Tools in the Google Play Store. It is infected with the well-known Facestealer Trojan and 100,000 people have downloaded the app onto their devices. The Trojan steals Facebook … Continue reading

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Intune-Issue with Android 12 devices confirmed

[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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Android Trojan Xenomorph targets 56 European banks

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

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

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)

[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

[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

[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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Cynos Android malware infects more than 9 million Huawei smartphones

[German]The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei has temporarily removed 190 Android apps from its app store. The reason: Russian security vendor Dr. Web had discovered that these apps were infected with the Cynos Android malware while analyzing apps in the Huawei … Continue reading

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