Developers: Beware of Ad Libraries that Betray Your Users’ Location Privacy
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/developers-beware-ad-libraries-betray-your-users-location-privacy
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/developers-beware-ad-libraries-betray-your-users-location-privacy
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Developers: Beware of Ad Libraries that Betray Your Users’ Location Privacy
An EFF investigation identified several advertising software development kits (SDKs) that publicly acknowledge collecting and sharing users’ location by default when embedded in apps granted location
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Striking gold: Inside the GoldDigger Android malware
https://www.ibm.com/think/security/golddigger-android-malware-analysis
https://www.ibm.com/think/security/golddigger-android-malware-analysis
Ibm
Striking gold: Inside the GoldDigger Android malware | IBM
IBM Trusteer's in-depth analysis of GoldDigger malware reveals how this sophisticated Android mobile banking Trojan uses virtual environments and evasion techniques. Learn to recognize the threat and protect yourself from bad actors.
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Kimwolf v7: An Evolution of the Kimwolf Android Botnet
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/kimwolf-v7-botnet-malware/
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/kimwolf-v7-botnet-malware/
Unit 42
Kimwolf v7: An Evolution of the Kimwolf Botnet
Discover how Kimwolf v7 targets Android IoT devices with HTTP/2 DDoS fingerprinting, Ethereum ENS C2 resolution and Tor backup routing.
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Bypassing Android Hardware Attestation from the Analyst's Chair
https://blog.quarkslab.com/bypassing-android-hardware-attestation.html
https://blog.quarkslab.com/bypassing-android-hardware-attestation.html
Quarkslab
Bypassing Android Hardware Attestation from the Analyst's Chair - Quarkslab's blog
Hardware key attestation lets an Android app prove to its backend that a key lives in secure hardware on a locked, verified device. It is also the wall that stops a security analyst working on a rooted phone. This article opens the mechanism from the analyst's…
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LLM Obfuscation Detection Framework for Android Apps
https://github.com/Mobile-IoT-Security-Lab/LLMObfuscDetection
https://github.com/Mobile-IoT-Security-Lab/LLMObfuscDetection
GitHub
GitHub - Mobile-IoT-Security-Lab/LLMObfuscDetection: LLM Obfuscation Detection Framework for Android Apps
LLM Obfuscation Detection Framework for Android Apps - Mobile-IoT-Security-Lab/LLMObfuscDetection
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LSPosed module for disabling SSL certificate pinning on Android
https://github.com/0xdad0/ssl-kill-switch-lsposed
https://github.com/0xdad0/ssl-kill-switch-lsposed
GitHub
GitHub - 0xdad0/ssl-kill-switch-lsposed: LSPosed module for disabling SSL certificate pinning on Android. Covers Java-layer pinning…
LSPosed module for disabling SSL certificate pinning on Android. Covers Java-layer pinning (OkHttp, TrustManager, Conscrypt, WebView, Cordova, Tencent X5) and native-layer pinning (BoringSSL embedd...
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WindRelay paired with SpyNote RAT enables live-call fraud, combining social engineering with dual digital and physical cash-out.
https://www.group-ib.com/blog/windrelay-nfc-spynote-rat-combo-fraud/
https://www.group-ib.com/blog/windrelay-nfc-spynote-rat-combo-fraud/
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Octagon: A New Android Bot Targeting Crypto Wallets and Banking Apps
https://iverify.io/blog/octagon-android-bot-crypto-wallets-banking-apps
https://iverify.io/blog/octagon-android-bot-crypto-wallets-banking-apps
iverify.io
Octagon: A New Android Bot Targeting Crypto Wallets and Banking Apps
A previously undocumented Android on-device fraud bot, advertised as malware-as-a-service since June 2026, with overlays for crypto wallets and banking apps.
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Revealed: Cyber spies used malware from GitHub to hack EncroChat cryptophone network
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366649396/Revealed-Cyber-spies-used-malware-from-GitHub-to-hack-EncroChat-cryptophone-network
https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366649396/Revealed-Cyber-spies-used-malware-from-GitHub-to-hack-EncroChat-cryptophone-network
ComputerWeekly.com
Revealed: Cyber spies used malware from GitHub to hack EncroChat cryptophone network
Computer Weekly reveals for the first time how French cyber spies hacked EncroChat phones used by organised crime groups.
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A critical vulnerability has been identified that allows arbitrary code execution with kernel privileges affecting Xiaomi Redmi A5 and Motorola E13 devices requiring only the ability to place a video call
https://ssd-disclosure.com/unisoc-t612-lpe/
https://ssd-disclosure.com/unisoc-t612-lpe/
SSD Secure Disclosure
UNISOC T612 LPE - SSD Secure Disclosure
Summary UNISOC (Shanghai) Technologies Co., Ltd. is a top-three global fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in 2G/3G/4G/5G mobile communication, IoT, and smart device chipsets. Formerly Spreadtrum, it serves major brands like…
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Porting ghostlock (CVE-2026-43499) to the Samsung Galaxy A17: KDP, DEFEX, and the art of not panicking
https://www.mobilehackinglab.com/blog/cve-2026-43499-ghostlock-a17-root-shell
https://www.mobilehackinglab.com/blog/cve-2026-43499-ghostlock-a17-root-shell
Mobilehackinglab
Porting ghostlock (CVE-2026-43499) to the Samsung Galaxy A17: KDP, DEFEX, and the art of not panicking
Porting the public ghostlock exploit (CVE-2026-43499) to the Samsung Galaxy A17 (SM-A175F, GKI 6.12.23): KDP at EL2, DEFEX safeplace, PANIC_ON_OOPS, and 187 GB KASLR slides, ending in a clean no-panic root and a persistent root shell.
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ToxicPanda 2.0, a Significantly More Powerful Android Banking Trojan
https://zimperium.com/blog/the-toxicpanda-never-sleeps-toxicpanda-2.0-prepares-its-next-strike-on-mobile
https://zimperium.com/blog/the-toxicpanda-never-sleeps-toxicpanda-2.0-prepares-its-next-strike-on-mobile
Zimperium
The ToxicPanda Never Sleeps: ToxicPanda 2.0 Prepares its Next Strike on Mobile
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Can Someone Secretly Scan Your Payment and Access Card? I Tested It
Blog: https://www.mobile-hacker.com/2026/08/20/how-easy-is-it-to-scan-a-contactless-payment-and-access-card/
Video: https://youtu.be/pwzMFQLrTHU
Blog: https://www.mobile-hacker.com/2026/08/20/how-easy-is-it-to-scan-a-contactless-payment-and-access-card/
Video: https://youtu.be/pwzMFQLrTHU
Mobile Hacker
How Easy Is It to Scan a Contactless Payment and Access Card? - Mobile Hacker
I recently tested NFC Canary against several real-world tools used by security researchers and penetration testers, and it raises an interesting question
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GhostBat RAT: 78 Victims, One Lazy Key, and a Firebase Named After India’s Ruling Party
https://medium.com/@singhbkn07/78-victims-one-lazy-key-and-a-firebase-named-after-indias-ruling-party-62cf0ad0380e
https://medium.com/@singhbkn07/78-victims-one-lazy-key-and-a-firebase-named-after-indias-ruling-party-62cf0ad0380e
Medium
78 Victims, One Lazy Key, and a Firebase Named After India’s Ruling Party
A researcher’s account of dismantling a fake traffic-challan APK that hides an SMS-intercepting, UPI-hijacking trojan — and stumbling onto…
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Manic: Blend between Banking Malware & Spyware
https://www.threatfabric.com/blogs/manic-blend-between-banking-malware-and-spyware
https://www.threatfabric.com/blogs/manic-blend-between-banking-malware-and-spyware
ThreatFabric
Manic: Blend between Banking Malware & Spyware
Manic is a newly identified Android malware family with broad surveillance and remote-control capabilities, introducing an unusual Wi‑Fi mesh technique.
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Malware targeting Android-based automotive head units spread through built-in firmware updates (botnet proxy malware)
https://securelist.com/android-head-unit-malware/121106/
https://securelist.com/android-head-unit-malware/121106/
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