The August 2024 Android security patch patched a large number of vulnerabilities. Samsung issued an important warning about this last week had passed.
Samsung made a statement about the August 2024 Android security patch and stated that it is very important to apply the patch as soon as it is released.. The patch prepared at that time was initially thought to be exclusive to Pixels, but later it turned out that it affected all Android devices. It was stated that it closed the CVE-2024-32896 vulnerability. The patch has now started to be sent out and according to the statement, the total 46 different security vulnerabilities were closed. Among these vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-36971 is particularly noteworthy because it is stated that it is a zero-day vulnerability. It is reported that phones can be compromised due to the vulnerability at the kernel level, so the update should be applied immediately. An important development in security came to the agenda yesterday, when an Android trojan called BlankBot, designed to steal the banking information of users in Turkey, emerged.
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Screen recording, keylogging (recording keyboard inputs) and has remote control features transmitted an Android trojan BlankBot, Intel 471 was detected by Malware Intelligence researchers on June 24, 2024, and was designed specifically to target users in Turkey. Through infected applications malware designed to capture people’s bank login informationaccording to experts, is currently under development. About the pest The Hacker News In a pleasing statement to the website, a Google spokesperson said that there are currently no applications in the Google Play Store that contain this new malware.