BeVigil 3.2.0 Release Notes: BeVigil Asset Explorer Launch, footer revamp, UI improvements, and more!

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What’s New? 🚀✨ BeVigil Asset Explorer Launch We’re excited to introduce BeVigil Asset Explorer, a powerful tool for exploring digital assets. It collects APKs from various sources, including the Play Store, third-party app stores, and user-uploaded apps on BeVigil. After scanning these APKs within BeVigil, BeVigil Asset Explorer compiles data on various digital assets, including … Read more

How to Assess the Criticality of Android App Permissions: A Hands-on Approach

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Android Permissions

With a market share of 72%, Android is the most widely used mobile operating system. The consistent increase in Android users has accelerated the development of apps considerably. Therefore, Android, with over 2.5 billion active users spanning over 190 countries, is a prime target for threat actors as well. BeVigil is the world’s first security … Read more

Hardcoded GitHub Personal Access Tokens Leak 159 Private Repositories

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Our researchers using BeVigil, a security search engine, were able to find 159 private GitHub repositories that contained the source code of 10 organizations. The sole reason why we found their private GitHub repositories was because their repositories contained source code of Android apps with hardcoded Github Personal Access Tokens.

BeVigil 3.0 Release Notes: BeVigil OSINT API Launch, redesigned blog and logo, credit changes, and much more!

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What’s New ðŸš€âœ¨ BeVigil OSINT API Launch We are happy to announce the launch of the NEW BeVigil OSINT Service! The BeVigil OSINT Service is an innovation to aid asset discovery from mobile apps and create a new channel for asset recon. We have created and maintained a searchable repository of more than half a million … Read more

Unraveling Assets from Android Apps at Scale

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Authors: Sparsh Kulshrestha, Shashank BarthwalBeVigil OSINT API public documentation History of Data Gathering and Scanning Over the years, large-scale scanning of the internet has enabled the security community to identify widespread vulnerabilities and mitigate them before they can be exploited. The first project in this category was started in 1998 at Bell Labs, it was called … Read more

Exposed HubSpot API Keys Compromise 1.6 Million Users’ Data

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Authors: Arshit Jain, Ashikka GuptaEditors: Deepanjli Paulraj, Syed Shahrukh Ahmed If you want to develop a steady and profitable business, you must have strong ties with your clientele. The process of honing these relationships, on the other hand, can be rather difficult. When it comes to engaging with your clients, having a Customer Relationship Management or CRM … Read more

The Surge of Cybersecurity Challenges in Neobanking

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We Analyzed 31 Neobanking Apps and Found a Range of Security Issues Neobanking has recently become a buzzword in the fintech world. On a global scale, Neobanks are taking over the fintech industry. A Neobank is a type of digital bank that does not have physical locations. Neobanking does not require you to be physically … Read more

Dangerous Android Permissions To Look Out For In Your Apps

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Authors: Ashikka Gupta, Sudipta PanditEditor: Deepanjli Paulraj, Nithya Kurian Android is the leading mobile operating system in the world with over 70% of all mobile devices worldwide running Android as of July 2021. You can download almost any kind of app from the Play Store, but before installing it, do you just select Accept to all permissions? … Read more