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SANS Stormcast Thursday, September 4th, 2025: Dassault DELMIA Apriso Exploit Attempts; Android Updates; 1.1.1.1 Certificate Issued
Exploit Attempts for Dassault DELMIA Apriso. CVE-2025-5086 Our honeypots detected attacks against the manufacturing management system DELMIA Apriso. The deserialization vulnerability was patched in June and is one of a few critical vulnerabilities patched in recent months.
T-Mobile Brings Android 8.0 Oreo To Samsung Galaxy S8 Active
T-Mobile Brings Android 8.0 Oreo To Samsung Galaxy S8 Active The Samsung Galaxy S8 Active released by T-Mobile US is now receiving the highly anticipated Android 8.0 Oreo software update, joining the standard non-rugged models roughly two weeks after they’ve made the jump to Google’s newer Android iteration.
Samsung Galaxy S6 Family Officially Hits End Of Life
Samsung Galaxy S6 Family Officially Hits End Of Life Samsung’s Galaxy S6 family consisting of the original Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, and the rugged Galaxy S6 Active, officially reached its end of life and will no longer receive any sort of updates from Samsung, security or otherwise. All said and done, the phones will be ending their lives running Android 7.0 Nougat with the February 5, 2018 Android Security Patch on board.
Android 8.1 Oreo Now Rolling Out To Nokia 5 & Nokia 6 (2017)
Android 8.1 Oreo Now Rolling Out To Nokia 5 & Nokia 6 (2017) HMD Global on Friday started rolling out the Android 8.1 Oreo update to all international variants of the Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 (2017), the company’s Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas revealed.
Gboard 7.1 Beta Teardown Reveals Android P Support & More
Gboard 7.1 Beta Teardown Reveals Android P Support & More A recent APK teardown of the latest beta version of Gboard has shed a bit of light on some of the features that may be implemented by Google into its keyboard application in the future, including new emoji, additional settings for handwriting mode, as well as a digit-based keyboard.
Razer Phone Will Get Android 8.1 Oreo Next Month
Razer Phone Will Get Android 8.1 Oreo Next Month Razer’s first smartphone is going to receive its first major OS update in late April, and according to a recent tweet by the company, the Razer Phone will skip the first version of Oreo and will make the jump directly to Android 8.1 Oreo.
Galaxy Note 8 Receiving Android Oreo On Sprint & Verizon
Galaxy Note 8 Receiving Android Oreo On Sprint & Verizon Shortly after AT&T began rolling out the Android Oreo update for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, it appears that two additional US-based carriers are ready to do the same for their Note 8 variants, namely Sprint and Verizon.
Samsung Set For Dutch Legal Clash Over Android Updates
Samsung Set For Dutch Legal Clash Over Android Updates Samsung is set for a legal clash with the Netherlands Consumers’ Association over Android updates, having attended the first hearing on the matter yesterday. The development is a result of a lawsuit filed by the agency in early 2016, with the regulator revising its complaint ten months later in order to make it more defined and ensure the existing Dutch judicial system is capable of processing it.
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Android Oreo Firmware Up For Download
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Android Oreo Firmware Up For Download The Android 8.0 Oreo firmware for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 which was officially released over the air in France a couple of days ago is now available for manual download, having been acquired by SamMobile earlier today.
Android Oreo Comes To T-Mobile Galaxy S8 & Galaxy S8 Plus
Android Oreo Comes To T-Mobile Galaxy S8 & Galaxy S8 Plus Android Oreo has finally come to the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus and has started to roll out to users of both devices on the U.S.’ third-largest wireless network. The upgrade file is simply massive, coming in at just over 1.5GB, so this is definitely a file you’ll want to download when your device is connected to a Wi-Fi network.
Huawei P10, P10 Plus Now Being Updated With Android 8.0 Oreo
Huawei P10, P10 Plus Now Being Updated With Android 8.0 Oreo Huawei is now distributing a stable build of Android 8.0 Oreo to the P10 and P10 Plus, its 2017 Android flagships which originally launched with Nougat, the company confirmed earlier this week. The rollout started on Wednesday and is understood to be global in nature, though Huawei is still likely to take several weeks until it makes the new software available in all parts of the world.
Latest OnePlus 3/3T Beta Builds Don't Bring Android 8.1
Latest OnePlus 3/3T Beta Builds Don’t Bring Android 8.1 OnePlus has announced that it just rolled out a new set of Open Beta builds for the OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T, which introduce a host of new changes and the February security patch to both devices. The new OxygenOS versions don’t bring the Android 8.1 Oreo update, which many users have been expecting for some time now, especially as the two newer OnePlus handsets are already running them.
Android P Offers To Hide Notifications It Believes Annoy You
Android P Offers To Hide Notifications It Believes Annoy You Android P will offer to hide any notifications it suspects of annoying you, with the new feature recently being discovered in the first developer preview of Google’s latest mobile operating system. The functionality appears to be looking for particular notifications you often dismiss, then starts labeling them with an attention-grabbing red icon that can be seen in the gallery below.
New App Gives Users Android P-Like Volume Controls
New App Gives Users Android P-Like Volume Controls Thanks to Android developer Yogesh Dama, there’s a brand new app that brings at least one expected Android P feature, the new volume slider tool, to nearly all Android users. Or, at very least, the app – called Android P Volume Slider-P Volume Control – brings the aesthetics of that tool to any Android device running version 4.0.3 or newer.
Korean LG V30 Units Now Updated With V30S ThinQ Features
Korean LG V30 Units Now Updated With V30S ThinQ Features Owners of the V30 and V30 Plus in LG’s home country of South Korea are now receiving an update meant to enable some features of the more recently released V30S ThinQ on their handsets, the phone maker said earlier this week. The new software package comes bundled with the vast majority of functionalities LG touted as the key selling points of the V30S ThinQ earlier this month in Barcelona, Spain.
Android P Includes System-Wide Granular Vibration Controls
Android P Includes System-Wide Granular Vibration Controls The first developer preview of Android P debuts system-wide vibration controls that are relatively granular in nature, allowing users to choose between three different strength levels of haptic feedback, as well as vibration intensity for calls and notifications.
Five Android P Dev Previews Planned, Final Release In Q3 2018
Five Android P Dev Previews Planned, Final Release In Q3 2018 Google on Wednesday published the official Android P roadmap immediately after launching the initial developer preview build of its new major operating system upgrade, revealing that it’s presently planning to push out five experimental builds in total. The second developer preview is set for an early May release and will presumably debut at Google’s annual I/O developer conference whose next iteration is scheduled to start on May 8.
Android P Illustrates Real-Time Adaptive Brightness Changes
Android P Illustrates Real-Time Adaptive Brightness Changes All changes made by Android’s Adaptive Brightness feature are illustrated by system brightness sliders in real time on Android P, one Reddit user discovered.
Android 'P' Developer Preview One Ships With Photo Editor
Android ‘P’ Developer Preview One Ships With Photo Editor The Android OS appears to be getting a dedicated, system-level screenshot editing tool alongside Android P – tentatively, Android Pie – if reports about the initial developer preview are anything to go by. That’s following the discovery of just such a piece of software in the Android P Developer Preview firmware.
Android P Could Retool Smartphones As Bluetooth Keyboards
Android P Could Retool Smartphones As Bluetooth Keyboards New commits submitted to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) seem to suggest that a future version of Android will offer native support for using an Android device over Bluetooth as a human interface device (HID). Specifically, the new commits point to the enabling of HID device profile service.
Report: Android OEMs Still Lag Behind On Security Updates
Report: Android OEMs Still Lag Behind On Security Updates It’s no secret that Android suffers problems with fragmentation which lead to inconsistent update schedules across the board but a new report from SecurityLab shows that issue may be worse than most would think. In fact, Android ranks dead last in terms of expected security updates in the company’s February 2018 updated Smartphone Security Update Availability Report.
OnePlus Suggests 5T Update Rolling Out To Fix Overheating
OnePlus Suggests 5T Update Rolling Out To Fix Overheating It seems as though the OnePlus 5T is finally getting a fix for its overheating problem via an update the company is currently rolling out. That’s according to an official OnePlus response to a Twitter user who reported that their own top-end mobile device had hit the dangerously high temperature of 61.6 degrees Celsius. Converted to Fahrenheit, that’s 142.88 degrees.
March 2018 Security Update Launches For Pixel, Nexus Devices
March 2018 Security Update Launches For Pixel, Nexus Devices Google on Monday launched the March 2018 Android Security Update for its Pixel devices and eligible Nexus-branded offerings. The Alphabet-owned company released both the factory images and full over-the-air update files, suggesting the latest firmware will start rolling out to compatible handsets no later than tomorrow. Users who aren’t keen on waiting can still flash the update manually using either method.
Xiaomi Mi A1 Android One Receives Feb. 2018 Security Patch
Xiaomi Mi A1 Android One Receives Feb. 2018 Security Patch Xiaomi’s first Android One smartphone is now receiving the February security patch, with numerous owners of the Mi A1 recently confirming they have been prompted to install the latest software in the form of a traditional over-the-air update. The firmware reportedly started rolling out on Friday and will likely take at least several days until it becomes available on a global level.
Google Adding Iris Scanner Support To Android P: Report
Google Adding Iris Scanner Support To Android P: Report Google is working on adding native support for iris scanners to the next major iteration of its mobile operating system, as suggested by several newly emerged commits discovered in the documentation library of the Android Open Source Project.
Confusion Follows Rogue Galaxy Note 8's Android Oreo Update
Confusion Follows Rogue Galaxy Note 8’s Android Oreo Update There appears to be a bit of ensuing confusion following at least one AT&T user’s report that their Samsung Galaxy Note 8 flagship received an over the air (OTA) update to Android 8.0 (Oreo). Specifically, the user claims to have received that update despite the fact that AT&T and even Samsung have reportedly said the update is not quite ready to roll out yet via various official channels.
OnePlus 5/5T Can Get HD Streaming If You Send Them Back
OnePlus 5/5T Can Get HD Streaming If You Send Them Back As promised by OnePlus in December, the company’s two latest flagships can now receive HD streaming capabilities for popular online video services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, but the catch in that OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T owners wanting to receive the update are required to send their devices back to the manufacturer.
Android 8.1 Oreo-Based LineageOS 15.1 Update Announced
Android 8.1 Oreo-Based LineageOS 15.1 Update Announced The LineageOS 15.1 build based on Android 8.1 Oreo has been officially announced and released on a handful of devices, with support for additional handsets expected to arrive at a later date.
Samsung Resumes Android 8.0 Oreo Rollout On Galaxy S8
Samsung Resumes Android 8.0 Oreo Rollout On Galaxy S8 Samsung resumed the rollout of its Android 8.0 Oreo-based firmware for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, with some users in Germany now confirming they have started receiving the stable build of the software on Thursday. The development comes shortly after the deployment of the original Oreo build was halted due to technical issues that caused random reboots on select smartphone models.
Android P To Block Idle Apps' Camera Access, Boost Privacy
Android P To Block Idle Apps’ Camera Access, Boost Privacy Android P will natively block idle apps from accessing the camera of one’s device in a bid to boost the overall security of the operating system, XDA Developers reports, citing a recent commit discovered in the main repository of the Android Open Source Project.
LastPass Now Supports Android 8.0 Oreo's Password Autofill
LastPass Now Supports Android 8.0 Oreo’s Password Autofill LastPass Password Manager received support for Android 8.0 Oreo‘s autofill functionality as part of a new update which started rolling out on the Google Play Store several days back.
Pixel 2 Users Complain Of February Patch Hurting Battery Life
Pixel 2 Users Complain Of February Patch Hurting Battery Life Numerous owners of the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL recently took to Google’s official product forums, Reddit, and various social media platforms to complain about the February security patch that they claim has negatively affected the battery life of their mobile devices.
Random Reboots Halted Samsung Galaxy S8's Android 8.0 Rollout | Androidheadlines.com
Random Reboots Halted Samsung Galaxy S8’s Android 8.0 Rollout Samsung stopped the rollout of its first stable build of Android 8.0 Oreo for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus due to random reboots affecting some devices after installing the update, the South Korean phone maker said Thursday in a statement provided to SamMobile.
Sony Reneges On Dialer Features Advertised For Some Handsets | Androidheadlines.com
Sony Reneges On Dialer Features Advertised For Some Handsets Some fans of Sony handsets who were looking forward to a newly designed dialer with improved swipe gestures are going to be disappointed to learn that Sony won’t actually be bringing the feature to all of its Xperia-branded smartphones. That’s following a response from Sony’s official support team to a question about the feature.
Samsung Halts Galaxy S8's Android 8.0 Oreo Rollout: Report | Androidheadlines.com
Samsung Halts Galaxy S8’s Android 8.0 Oreo Rollout: Report Samsung unexpectedly halted the rollout of the stable Android 8.0 Oreo build for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, SamMobile reported Wednesday, adding that the South Korean phone maker also removed its previously published firmware files from its servers.
Samsung Oreo Update Files Removed From Online Repositories | Androidheadlines.com
Samsung Oreo Update Files Removed From Online Repositories Update files for the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus were recently posted by SamMobile to its firmware repositories before subsequently being removed after the discovery that the files were not going to work for the majority of that device’s users. It isn’t immediately clear why the files had to be pulled but it reportedly has something to do with the firmware itself having prevented it from being flashed properly.
Google Details Every Android Wear Watch Getting Oreo | Androidheadlines.com
Google Details Every Android Wear Watch Getting Oreo Google has recently started detailing every Android Wear watch that will be getting the Oreo update and if you own one of the most recent watches that have made it to market over the last year then you may already have the new software installed. If your watch is a little bit older, then that doesn’t mean you won’t be getting Oreo, but it’s also not a guarantee that you will.
Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8 Plus Begin Getting Oreo Update | Androidheadlines.com
Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8 Plus Begin Getting Oreo Update Samsung’s really got the ball rolling with the Android 8.0 (Oreo) updates for its Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus flagships. The first of the consumer ready updates, which also include Samsung’s own Android skin called Samsung Experience 9.0, began rolling out to users in Germany as early as February 8. Now, the update is also beginning to hit users in India.
Android P To Allow Carriers Define Mobile Signal Bars | Androidheadlines.com
Android P To Allow Carriers Define Mobile Signal Bars Google will allow wireless carriers to define signal bars in Android P, providing them with the ability to change the operating system’s mechanism for representing mobile signal strength on devices with cellular connectivity, XDA Developers reports, citing a number of commits recently discovered in the main repository of the Android Open Source Project.
Android Might Soon Support Always-On NFC Connectivity | Androidheadlines.com
Android Might Soon Support Always-On NFC Connectivity The Android OS’s current NFC code shuts the NFC hardware off entirely when the device is powering down or when the user turns off NFC, but a new code commit in the Android codebase points to some functionality that may change that. The code commit actually introduces version 1.1 of the NFC hardware abstraction layer, or HAL.
Here's How Android 8.0 Oreo Looks On Samsung Galaxy Note 8 | Androidheadlines.com
Here’s How Android 8.0 Oreo Looks On Samsung Galaxy Note 8 A new Android Oreo build for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 leaked online recently, and it appears that this particular build is a release candidate which includes the February security patch, indicating that the Korean OEM might be preparing for the first public release of Android Oreo on the S Pen-enabled flagship.
Google Fixes Android Wear Assistant Lag With App Update | Androidheadlines.com
Google Fixes Android Wear Assistant Lag With App Update According to new reports from Android Wear 2.0 users, a problem with OK Google Detection previously noted with some watches is being fixed via an update that now appears to be rolling out. Specifically, this seems to address an issue where a significant amount of lag in the watches was being cased by the Google Assistant functionality.
Android P May Feature Native Support For Call Recording | Androidheadlines.com
Android P May Feature Native Support For Call Recording Android P may feature native support for call recording, as suggested by a number of commits recently discovered in the main repository of the Android Open Source Project. Some code added to AOSP by Google’s engineers references the existence of a “call recording tone” that would presumably be played once users press the corresponding button in order to start recording their conversation.
New Android P Report Suggests Phone Call Recording Feature | Androidheadlines.com
New Android P Report Suggests Phone Call Recording Feature A new software report suggests that Google’s next version of Android will feature the ability to record phone calls. The still unnamed version of Android details a few phrases in the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) that indicate the possible new software component.
Samsung Galaxy S8 Active Appears On Wi-Fi Alliance With Android Oreo | Androidheadlines.com
Samsung Galaxy S8 Active Appears On Wi-Fi Alliance With Android Oreo The U.S. carrier editions of Samsung’s Galaxy S8 Active may be getting Android 8.0 (Oreo) sooner than expected following a new sighting of the devices on the Wi-Fi Alliance website. More specifically, the new listings show a Samsung Galaxy S8 Active for Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T – which are sold under the model numbers SM-G892U and SMG892A, respectively.
Galaxy S8 Beta Testers Will Get Stable Android Oreo First | Androidheadlines.com
Galaxy S8 Beta Testers Will Get Stable Android Oreo First Samsung is preparing for the release of the official, public Android 8.0 Oreo update for the Galaxy S8 flagship series, and while the OEM still doesn’t have an exact date for when Oreo will arrive, it recently reassured its Beta program participants that they will be the first to receive the initial public build.
OnePlus 5T Receives First Stable Android 8.0 Oreo Build | Androidheadlines.com
OnePlus 5T Receives First Stable Android 8.0 Oreo Build OnePlus has begun the official rollout of OxygenOS 5.0.2 for the OnePlus 5T flagship based on Android 8.0 Oreo and which is now being distributed over the air, with availability expected to gradually expand to all OnePlus 5T units over the coming weeks.
Mysterious Android OTA Update Now Hitting Verizon's Pixel 2 | Androidheadlines.com
Mysterious Android OTA Update Now Hitting Verizon’s Pixel 2 The unannounced and undetailed over-the-air update that started rolling out to select Pixel devices last week is now also being pushed out by Verizon and a number of other wireless carriers in other parts of the world. The new builds of the upgrade have been listed by Google on its Factory Images website, with the same software being uploaded in the sections dedicated to the updates for the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P.
Google May Lock Some APIs In Android 9.0, Make It More Closed | Androidheadlines.com
Google May Lock Some APIs In Android 9.0, Make It More Closed Google may opt to prevent third-party developers from accessing certain application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android 9.0 P and make the operating system somewhat more closed than its previous iterations, Chinese outlet IT Home reported earlier this month, citing an unspecified commit discovered in the repository of the Android Open Source Project.
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