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Elliot Alderson @fs0c131y
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1. I'm tweeting a lot these last days, let make a quick recap
2. @Gioneeglobal, a Chinese phone maker who sell his phone in the US under the name @BLU_Product, made a phone for #NorthKorea. Afaik, they didn't make a public statement.

3. @OnePlus removed the #angela backdoor I found last November from his products

4. I published the decompiled source code of the #DPRK's RedFlag #android app.


5. I found hundreds of infected #android apps with a #Coinhive miner: cdn.androidapk.world/downloads. The site is still up.

6. @makemytrip is tracking his users without their consent. 8 days after this tweet, they didn't make a public statement or contact me.

7. The password of local database in the official #Aadhaar #android app is always the same. 7 days after, @UIDAI didn't make a public statement or contact me.


8. @UIDAI don't know how to sign an app correctly. They didn't make a public statement or contact me.

9. I found 2 "test apps" on the official @UIDAI #playstore account. They didn't contact me but removed the apps few minutes after my tweets.

10. Found 2 ways to bypass the password protection in the official #Aadhaar #android app. @UIDAI didn't make a public statement or contact me.


11. After caught a basic Git error made by @aadhaar_bridge (@KhoslaLabs). They removed their entire aadhaar-bridge repo on #Github. We had a discussion but they didn't explain why they removed it.

12. Found a security issue in the @aadhaarapi's website. They contact me and fixed the issue. I will disclose the details soon.

13. Another bug in the #Aadhaar app. @UIDAI didn't make a public statement or contact me.

14. I found 100 malwares signed with the private key of @lorensiuswlt. He contacted me and denied to be the author. He said he uploaded his private key on the web few years ago.

15. I found a #coinhive script on the @lorensiuswlt's website. He contacted me and took his website offline.

16. @safelyfiled which keep sensitive docs, records, assets and directives digitally #secure is vulnerable to a basic #XSS. They didn't make a public statement or contact me.

17. @NewIndianXpress, an #Indian newspaper is vulnerable to a basic #XSS. They did not make a public statement or contact me.

All this work had been done for free (am I stupid 🤔?), if you want to support my research and pay me the coffee, feel free to send me BTC to this address 382rGcim5vDpztHyy9EDnvtLuAAasJHrEi
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