Google Launched End-to-End Encryption To Android Messages App
Besides end-to-end encryption, Google also launched Earthquake Alerts feature and more to the Android Messages app with the latest update.
Besides end-to-end encryption, Google also launched Earthquake Alerts feature and more to the Android Messages app with the latest update.
Google is attempting to rival Apple in the privacy department. After introducing various privacy-related changes in Android 12, it is now making it more difficult for app developers to track users.
Several mobile apps, some with 10 million downloads, have opened up personal data of users to the public internet – and most aren't fixed.
Misconfigurations in multiple Android apps leaked sensitive data of more than 100 million users, potentially making them a lucrative target for malicious actors.
Google is rolling out a new Chrome on Android feature to help users change passwords compromised in data breaches with a single tap.
TeaBot is a new banking trojan targeting Android users. The malware targets banks in Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands
As many as six zero-days have been uncovered in an application called Remote Mouse, allowing a remote attacker to achieve full code execution without any user interaction. The unpatched flaws, collectively named 'Mouse Trap,' were disclosed on Wednesday by security researcher Axel Persinger, who said, "It's clear that this application is very vulnerable and puts users at risk with bad authentication mechanisms, lack of encryption, and poor default configuration."
A rapidly spreading text-message scam is infecting Android phones across the UK.
Researchers have discovered a new set of fraudulent Android apps in the Google Play store that hijack SMS notifications for billing scams.
More than 500,000 Huawei users have downloaded from the company's official Android store applications infected with Joker malware that subscribes to premium mobile services.
Zimperium zLabs researchers revealed unsecured cloud configurations exposing information in thousands of legitimate iOS and Android apps.
LastPass has no idea what these trackers in the Android app do. They emphasize the app shares no data with third-parties.
Two new Android surveillanceware families have been found to target military, nuclear, and election entities in Pakistan and Kashmir.
Google has removed a popular Android barcode scanner app with over 10 million installs from the Play Store after researchers found that it turned malicious following a December 2020 update.
After achieving success with unlocking iPhones – the phones that boast security – the hacking tool maker has now made another claim. As announced, Grayshift has finally added Android support to its iPhone hacking tool GrayKey. It means they can now hack into locked Android phones as well.
Microsoft is rolling out autofill capabilities to Microsoft Authenticator on iOS and Android. The company also announced a new Autofill extension for Google Chrome.
February’s security update for the mobile OS includes a Qualcomm flaw rated critical, with a CVSS score of 9.8.
A New Wormable Android Malware App is Spreading Automatically Through WhatsApp
Signal is known for its robust, seemingly impossible encryption technology for securing users’ data. However, Cellebrite now claims to have devised a technique to decrypt the Signal app data on Android devices.
New spyware is targeting iOS and Android frequenters of adult mobile sites by posing as a secure messaging application in yet another twist on sextortionist scams. Goontact lures users of illicit sites through Telegram and other secure messaging apps and steals their information for future fraudulent use.
