AppSecurity

  • Mental Jailbreak: When the System Trusts the User Too Much

    Mental Jailbreak: When the System Trusts the User Too Much

    Modern mobile operating systems are designed around one fundamental assumption: the user is both the owner and the greatest threat to the device. This paradox is at the core of every security model in Android and iOS. While vendors invest heavily in sandboxing, mandatory access control, and kernel hardening, a single decision made by…

  • Mobile banking malware & overlay attacks: what they are, why they work, and how to stop them

    Mobile banking malware & overlay attacks: what they are, why they work, and how to stop them

    Short version: modern Android banking trojans steal credentials and authorize fraud by placing fake UI layers over real banking apps (or by abusing Accessibility), capturing input and bypassing controls. This attack vector is old, effective, and still widely abused — stop treating it like “user error.” Fix the product and the server, harden the…