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How can I know if phone is already infected?
Last year, my friend who is learning hacking for nearly 3 years hacked my phone using social engineering by installing some malware in my phone. (After researching on Google, I think it might be a ...
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Upload malware to F-Droid repo?
What's the auditing/vetting process like to get an Android app into the F-Droid repository? To ask it another way, what's to stop an evil developer from uploading a backdoored Android app to the F-...
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What's the risk in downloading a .pdf from a phishing email?
I've received an email which is an obvious phishing attempt. However, a .pdf has been attached which I want to open, just out of curiosity!
What are the risks in downloading .pdf files from unknown ...
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Does a compromised kernel give complete control over a device?
It seems that a recent vulnerability in WiFi firmware allows an attacker to run code in kernel space, e.g. replace a kernel function with malicious code. In Android/Linux:
Would that give an ...
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Can virus save to SIM Card?
(Before everything excuse me because of my English) Today one of my friends asked me about his Nokia 130 Dual SIM. There was a problem about Short Message System. No Messages were sent from that phone....
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Strange android app … possibly a mass malware?
I started receiving on my android Samsung Galaxy note strange notifications in Mandarin (the language of the people of china). Once I click on the notification it opens my browser with a blank page ...