GhostMap Android Flaw Lets Malicious App Trigger Persistent Boot Loop

GhostMap Android flaw lets malicious app trigger persistent boot loop

Attackers can force Android devices into a continuous boot loop using a specially crafted app that requires no permissions and only needs to be installed. [...]

A banking malware sample led researchers to an Android bug that can loop-crash phones

Bitdefender Labs researchers built an Android app that contains no executable code and requests no permissions, and installing it leaves a Pixel 10 in a crash loop that can take a factory reset to clear. The flaw, which Bitdefender calls GhostMap, comes from how Android reads the ZIP structure inside an APK. The app does not need to be opened. The team reproduced the loop on a Pixel 10 running Android 17 with the August … More →