A team of academic researchers has uncovered a new Android security exploit that raises a lot of questions about the platform’s permission system. The technique, named TapTrap, uses user interface ...

Caribou is an Android app that does what RFID cardkeys do with locked doors. Caribou remotely connects to a server managing the locks at a supposedly secure location, and exploits the servers’ poor ...

Pixnapping could be used to steal private data, including 2FA codes. Side-channel attack abuses Google Android APIs to steal data on display. Flaw is partially patched, although a more complete fix is ...

Google and Qualcomm have tag-teamed a serious vulnerability in the chipsets used in Android mobile devices, which has been ...

Google’s September 2025 Android security bulletin is out, tackling several high-risk vulnerabilities, including four labeled critical. As per the company's latest security bulletin, the September 2025 ...

Google has patched 129 Android vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited flaw in a widely used Qualcomm component.

Like any other computer, smartphones are prone to some nasty malware, and the latest exploit discovered in Android is equal parts ingenious and horrifying. The last thing most Android users worry ...

Amnesty International on Friday said it determined that a zero-day exploit sold by controversial exploit vendor Cellebrite was used to compromise the phone of a Serbian student who had been critical ...

Oversecured flagged 1,575 flaws in 10 Android health apps with 14.7M installs, putting chats, CBT notes, and mood logs at risk, per BleepingComputer.

On March 26, Symantec discovered 11 Android applications that were all made to appear like they were legitimate apps related to tracking cases in the Covid-19 pandemic, but which were in fact secretly ...

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