Warning: 18,000 Android Apps Contains Code that Spy on Your Text Messages

A large number of third-party Android apps have reportedly been discovered grabbing copies of all text messages received or sent to infected devices and sending them to the attackers' server.



More than 63,000 Android applications use Taomike SDK – one of the biggest mobile advertisement solutions in China – to help developers display ads in their mobile apps and generate revenue.

New Android Vulnerable Lets Hackers Take Over Your Phone

This time Everything is Affected!



Yet another potentially dangerous vulnerability has reportedly been disclosed in the Google's mobile operating system platform – Android.



Android has been hit by a number of security flaws this month, including:

 Stagefright vulnerability that affects 950 Million Android devices worldwide
A critical mediaserver vulnerability that threatened to crash

Another Critical Flaw Affecting Almost All Android Devices

Two weeks ago, we reported about a critical mediaserver vulnerability that threatened to crash more than 55 percent of Android devices, making them unresponsive and practically unusable to perform most essential tasks.



Now, security researchers at Trend Micro have uncovered another flaw in the Android's mediaserver component that could be remotely exploited to install malware onto a target

New Android Vulnerability Could Crash your Phones Badly

Bad week for Android. Just days after a critical Stagefright vulnerability was revealed in the widely popular mobile platform, another new vulnerability threatens to make most Android devices unresponsive and practically unusable to essential tasks.



Security researchers at Trend Micro have developed an attack technique that could ultimately crash more than 55 percent of Android phones,

Simple Text Message to Hack Any Android Phone Remotely

Own an Android phone? Beware, Your Android smartphones can be hacked by just a malformed text message.



Security researchers have found that 95% of Android devices running version 2.2 to 5.1 of operating system, which includes Lollipop and KitKat, are vulnerable to a security bug, affecting more than 950 Million Android smartphones and tablets.



Almost all Android smart devices available

Malicious Minecraft apps affect 600,000 Android Users

So you love Minecraft? You might want to be very careful before downloading the cheats for the popular Minecraft game from Google Play Store.



Nearly 3 Million users have downloaded malicious Minecraft Android applications for their smartphone and tablets from the Google Play store, security researchers warned.



The security researchers from IT security firm ESET have uncovered as many as

Android Malware Can Spy On You Even When Your Mobile Is Off

Security researchers have unearthed a new Android Trojan that tricks victims into believing they have switched their device off while it continues "spying" on the users' activities in the background. So, next time be very sure while you turn off your Android smartphones.



The new Android malware threat, dubbed PowerOffHijack, has been spotted and analyzed by the researchers at the security

DroidStealth — Android Encryption Tool with Stealth Capabilities

We all have Internet-connected smartphones in our pockets, but it’s very hard to find a place on Internet to feel secure and private. No doubt, there is data Encryption on cell phones, but what’s the use if it is cracked by hackers or law enforcement?



What if the encrypted files don’t exist in the first place for law enforcement to decrypt it? That’s the motive behind DroidStealth, a new

Hackers Can Remotely Install Malware Apps to Your Android Device

Security researchers have warned of a pair of vulnerabilities in the Google Play Store that could allow cyber crooks to install and launch malicious applications remotely on Android devices.



Tod Beardsley, technical lead for the Metasploit Framework at Rapid7 warns that an X-Frame-Options (XFO) vulnerability – when combined with a recent Android WebView (Jelly Bean) flaw – creates a way