Latest Android & IoT Security Threats: 10 Critical Vulnerabilities Revealed
This article compiles ten recent security incidents—including Android malware families, Wi‑Fi router flaws, IoT firmware analysis, and privacy‑compliance updates—providing concise descriptions and direct links to the original reports for each threat.
Vulnerability Security News
Android malware family FluBot spreads via SMS again - https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/30/android_phones_keep_catching_flubot/
9 Wi‑Fi routers contain 226 vulnerabilities - https://www.freebuf.com/news/307055.html
Malicious Android app steals Malaysian bank passwords - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-android-app-steals-malaysian-bank-credentials-mfa-codes/
Iranian Android users targeted by large‑scale smishing campaign - https://threatpost.com/smishing-campaign-iranian-android-users/176679/
IoT device firmware analysis series part 1 - https://www.anquanke.com/post/id/259504
User changes SIM card name to “No SIM Card” and loses service - https://www.gamersky.com/tech/202112/1443034.shtml
Legacy Android banking malware Anubis threatens multiple financial apps - https://www.freebuf.com/articles/311526.html
Over 500,000 Android users downloaded new Joker malware app - https://thehackernews.com/2021/12/over-500000-android-users-downloaded.html
CVE‑2021‑42550: Logback remote code execution - https://jira.qos.ch/browse/LOGBACK-1591
Expert analysis of macOS vulnerability allowing malware to bypass security - https://www.freebuf.com/news/317483.html
Privacy Compliance News
Analysis shows Android children’s smartwatches have poor privacy security - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/smartwatches-for-children-are-a-privacy-and-security-nightmare/
MIIT issues telecom service quality notice; 163 non‑compliant apps removed, 158 sites/applications upgraded for senior accessibility - https://www.ithome.com/0/590/818.htm
Announcement of apps removed for violating user rights - https://www.miit.gov.cn/jgsj/xgj/gzdt/art/2021/art_2e45f8b0d0034d5e98bedb5d0f823b55.htmll
China Consumers Association tests 50 apps, finds 20 with account deletion issues - https://www.cnbeta.com/articles/tech/1214407.htm
National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center discovers 17 illegal mobile apps - https://www.cnaac.org.cn/newShowData.html?id=243
CCTV exposes apps that, despite denying all permissions, still collect user data - https://www.cnbeta.com/articles/tech/1218775.htm
Haogou app reads clipboard without permission; court rules privacy infringement - https://www.cnbeta.com/articles/tech/1219851.htm
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