A Russian programmer's Android phone was secretly implanted with spyware by the FSB after his detention for allegedly donating to Ukraine.

The spyware could record phone calls, track location, log keystrokes, and even extract encrypted messages.

Learn how this spyware operates: https://thehackernews.com/2024/12/fsb-uses-trojan-app-to-monitor-russian.html

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Vanir is a new open-source tool by Google that helps Android platform developers "quickly and efficiently scan their custom platform code for missing security patches and identify applicable available patches."

The tool aims to significantly accelerate patch validation by automating it. By open sourcing the tool (licensed under BSD 3-Clause), Google hopes the broader security community can contribute to and benefit from it, as well as adapt it to other ecosystems.

Beginning in Android 16, the default User-Agent string in Android WebView will be reduced to minimize passive fingerprinting.

This is already the case in Chrome on Desktop and Android since version 107.

The default, reduced WebView User-Agent string is as follows:

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 10; K; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/125.000 Mobile Safari/537.36

The wv token will remain in the UA string so developers can detect WebView sessions.

📺 Google’s new community offers a sneak peek at upcoming Google TV features

Google is inviting a select few to join Google TV Advisors, an "exclusive online community where you can help improve the Google TV experience.”

More details can be found in this article on Android Authority.

https://github.com/artsyfriedchicken/EdgyArc-fr?tab=readme-ov-file if u like vertical tabs

You must use libredirect
https://libredirect.github.io/
Or there's also an Android app that will do similar. Forget the name rn

■□□□□ USB-C cable CT scan reveals sinister active electronics — O.MG pen testing cable contains a hidden antenna and another die embedded in the microcontroller.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/o-mg-usb-c-cable-ct-scan-reveals-sinister-active-electronics-contains-a-hidden-antenna-and-another-die-embedded-in-the-microcontroller

■■□□□ Backdoor slipped into popular code library, drains ~$155k from digital wallets.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/backdoor-slips-into-popular-code-library-drains-155k-from-digital-wallets/