Security researchers developed a new attack, which they named ... even if there is no JavaScript injection. Android apps often use WebView controls to render web content, such as login pages ...

Another way a malicious app might exploit AutoSpill is by injecting JavaScript into the WebView content that copies the credentials and sends them to the attacker. These types of attacks have been ...

Although this seamless integration of native app code and HTML/JavaScript ... by creating a larger attack surface for the platform. With the larger attack surface WebView brings to Android ...

the proof-of-concept phishing attack, dubbed “WebView2-Cookie-Stealer,” involves injecting malicious JavaScript code into websites loaded in an application that uses WebView 2. In an example ...

allowing the URL to then access the WebView's attached JavaScript bridges and grant functionality to attackers." The researchers went on to create a proof-of-concept exploit that did just that.

including loading ads through invisible WebView windows, downloading and running arbitrary JavaScript files, facilitating fraud, and rerouting malicious traffic. Two seemingly legitimate ...

but Google will no longer be developing security patches for Android's built-in Web browser WebView. Fortunately, that doesn't mean you have to stay at risk for hacker attacks. Why has Google ...