Android Security

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.

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

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