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By Waqas Goodbye Passwords, or Not Yet? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google Makes Passkeys Default for All Users

Researchers believe that more than 70,000 Android devices may have been affected with preloaded Peachpit malware that was installed on the electronics before being sold at market.

Google on Tuesday announced the ability for all users to set up passkeys by default, five months after it rolled out support for the FIDO Alliance-backed passwordless standard for Google Accounts on all platforms. "This means the next time you sign in to your account, you'll start seeing prompts to create and use passkeys, simplifying your future sign-ins," Google's Sriram Karra and Christiaan

HP LIFE Android Mobile application is potentially vulnerable to escalation of privilege and/or information disclosure.

An ad fraud botnet dubbed PEACHPIT leveraged an army of hundreds of thousands of Android and iOS devices to generate illicit profits for the threat actors behind the scheme. The botnet is part of a larger China-based operation codenamed BADBOX, which also entails selling off-brand mobile and connected TV (CTV) devices on popular online retailers and resale sites that are backdoored with an

By Waqas The Red Alert App is available on iOS; however, its Android version has been removed for unknown reasons This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Send Fake Rocket Alerts to Israelis via Hacked Red Alert App

By Waqas September 2023’s Most Wanted Malware: Remcos Wreaks Havoc in Colombia and Formbook Takes Top Spot after Qbot Shutdown, reveals Check Point. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Formbook Takes the Throne as Most Prevalent Malware

Categories: Android Categories: News Categories: Personal Tags: android Tags: upgrade Tags: transfer Tags: backup Tags: dispose Tags: wipe A few tips and how-tos for when you are ready to move to the next Android phone. Backup, transfer, wipe, and move on. (Read more...) The post Upgrading your Android device? Read this first appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

Categories: News Tags: Week Tags: security Tags: October Tags: 2023 A list of topics we covered in the week of October 2 to October 8, 2023 (Read more...) The post A week in security (October 2 - October 8) appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

By Waqas The Android TV box you recently purchased may be riddled with harmful backdoors. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android TV Boxes Infected with Backdoors, Compromising Home Networks