Android Security & Malware

Vulnerabilities Found in Preinstalled apps on Android Smartphones
3rd party app installed on a device could misuse vulnerabilities to:
✅perform factory reset of device
✅exfiltrate PIN code
✅inject an arbitrary intent with system-level privileges
https://www.mobile-hacker.com/2025/06/02/security-issues-found-in-android-smartphones/

How to load unsigned or fake-signed apps on iOS
https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/how-to-load-unsigned-or-fake-signed-apps-on-ios/

Zanubis: Tracing the active evolution of the Android banking malware
https://securelist.com/evolution-of-zanubis-banking-trojan-for-android/116588/

Analysis of GhostSpy Android RAT: Advanced Persistent RAT with Stealthy Remote Control and Uninstall Resistance
https://www.cyfirma.com/research/ghostspy-web-based-android-rat-advanced-persistent-rat-with-stealthy-remote-control-and-uninstall-resistance/

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A strict iOS app that analyzes link safety like a nutrition label (no AI, offline)
https://github.com/sigfault-byte/LegitURL

Emulating a Bike Sensor
https://eybisi.run/Emulating-a-Bike-Sensor/

Bypassing MTE with CVE-2025-0072
https://github.blog/security/vulnerability-research/bypassing-mte-with-cve-2025-0072/
Exploit: https://github.com/github/securitylab/tree/main/SecurityExploits/Android/Mali/CVE-2025-0072

This Video Can Exploit Your iPhone (CVE-2025-31200)
https://youtu.be/nTO3TRBW00E

The State of iOS Jailbreaking in 2025
[slides] https://github.com/alfiecg24/Presentations/blob/main/The%20State%20of%20iOS%20Jailbreaking%20in%202025.pdf

O2 VoLTE: locating any customer with a phone call
https://mastdatabase.co.uk/blog/2025/05/o2-expose-customer-location-call-4g/

Coding Without a Laptop - Two Weeks with AR Glasses and Linux on Android
https://holdtherobot.com/blog/2025/05/11/linux-on-android-with-ar-glasses/

I was playing around with new and smaller HackRF PortaPack H4M
In a summary blog, you can find what's new with H4M, how to flash it, copy necessary data, and a couple of use-cases.
https://www.mobile-hacker.com/2025/05/19/hackrf-portapack-h4m-with-mayhem-firmware-a-powerful-handheld-sdr-toolkit/

Hacking My Car, and probably yours— Security Flaws in Volkswagen’s App
https://loopsec.medium.com/hacking-my-car-and-probably-yours-security-flaws-in-volkswagens-app-24b34c47ba89

Advanced Protection: Google’s Strongest Security for Mobile Devices
https://security.googleblog.com/2025/05/advanced-protection-mobile-devices.html

PAPIMonitor: python tool based on Frida for monitoring user-select APIs during the app execution
https://github.com/Dado1513/PAPIMonitor

WireWatch, a large-scale measurement pipeline to evaluate the network security of Android apps. WireWatch measures apps' usage of plaintext network traffic and non-standard, proprietary network cryptography.
https://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings-article/sp/2025/223600d916/26hiVQjbZqE

HacknDroid: Automation of some MAPT activities and interaction with the mobile Android device
Prerequisites:
adb enabled ✅
device authorized ✅
https://github.com/RaffaDNDM/HacknDroid

KALEIDOSCOPE: Evolution of Ad Fraud Exploiting App Stores as a Front
https://go.integralads.com/rs/469-VBI-606/images/AMER_Threat_Lab_Kaleidoscope_Report_IAS.pdf

The Human Interface Device Attack from the Perspective of the Attacker and the Forensic Analyst
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365110681_The_Human_Interface_Device_Attack_from_the_Perspective_of_the_Attacker_and_the_Forensic_Analyst