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OWASP APPSEC Cali 2018, Swapnil Deshmukh's 'Pack your Android: Everything You Need To Know About Android Boxing' →

April 11, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Android, Android Data Leakage, Application Security, Conferences, Education, Information Security, OWASP
April 11, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Android, Android Data Leakage, Application Security, Conferences, Education, Information Security, OWASP

Want A Maliccous App? →

November 17, 2017 by Marc Handelman in Android, Information Security, Blatant Stupidity

Drive-by the Google Play Store...

November 17, 2017 /Marc Handelman
Android, Information Security, Blatant Stupidity

Rooted →

October 27, 2016 by Marc Handelman in Android, Linux, All is Information, Linux Security, Root

Via the eponymous Dan Goodin, writing at ArsTechnica, comes news of the latest flaw in Android,  this time, based on DirtyCow code. Our take? Be prepared to mitigate this flaw ASAP.  The timeline for exploit mitigation on Android? Unknown, due to the lack of established patch management planning by the major manufacturers.... Astonishing.

"Now that the Dirty Cow hole has been patched in the Linux kernel, it's only a matter of time until the fix makes its way into Android, too...." "Of course, that's not available for a large number of devices, mostly because of limitations set by manufacturers and carriers." - via ArsTechnica's Dan Goodin
October 27, 2016 /Marc Handelman
Android, Linux, All is Information, Linux Security, Root

Found Wanting... →

October 09, 2016 by Marc Handelman in Kernel Cracks, Security Flaws, Operating System Security, Operating Systems, Unix-like OS, Linux, Android, Linux Security, Kernel Security

J.M. Porup -  an Ars Technica UK writer - examines the security posture of the Linux kernel, and finds it somewhat wanting...

October 09, 2016 /Marc Handelman
Kernel Cracks, Security Flaws, Operating System Security, Operating Systems, Unix-like OS, Linux, Android, Linux Security, Kernel Security