AegisLab 2014 security predictions

It's almost the end of 2013, we wish everyone a happy new year. AegisLab conventionally establishes some predictions for information security in 2014. 1. Encrypted communications for Botnet will become a normality Since the computing ability of SoC processors, such as ARM CPU, has become more powerful over the years, the real-time encryption will be […]

Security Alert 2013-09-05:The secrets of Android malware, a true story

Over the last month, many smartphone users in Taiwan received an SMS message concerning personal privacy. The message entitled "You were shot by paparazzi!" and contains a URL, such as hxxp://199.101.117.21/index.php, to download a malicious APK. AegisLab has analyzed the characteristic of the APK and released the malware signature to our customer at the first time. The […]

Security Alert 2013-07-14:Watch out! Android Master Keys Vulnerability!

Recently, Bluebox Security announced there is a vulnerability in Android that allows a crack to modify APK code and bypass the APK certificate mechanism. The vulnerability is named Master Keys Vulnerability and will be released by Bluebox Security at Black Hat USA 2013. (http://bluebox.com/corporate-blog/bluebox-uncovers-android-master-key/) After AegisLab analysis, some of Sony and Samsung using Android 4.2 […]