CVE-2017-11015

As researcher pleads with you not to brand bugs with a logo Over a million Android users fooled by fake WhatsApp app in official Google Play Store

A security researcher has turned up new ways to silently hijack and infect Android devices via malicious Wi-Fi packets over the air. Scotty Bauer, a Linux kernel developer, described in detail on Monday how he found a bunch of exploitable programming blunders in the qcacld Wi-Fi driver that supports Qualcomm Atheros chipsets. These chips and their associated driver are used in a number of Android phones, tablets, routers, and other gizmos, including some Pixel and Nexus 5 handhelds, for wireless...

Update your firmware ASAP to avoid being hacked Google's answer to the Pixel 2 XL CRT-style screen burn in: Lower the brightness

Google has released its November security update for Android, addressing a bag of security holes. You should install them as soon as they are available for your phone, tablet and other gadgets. Depending on your mobile carrier and device manufacturer, they may arrive immediately, soon, late or never. Among the holes covered by the release is the KRACK Wi-Fi key reinstallation flaw that made headlines last month after researchers described how the flaw could potentially allow eavesdropping on nea...