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Android
Google slows Android sideloading to trip up scammers

Google’s advanced flow for Android changes how apps from unverified developers are installed, adding steps to reduce scam-driven sideloading. The feature is aimed at …

Apple iOS
DarkSword: Researchers uncover another iOS exploit kit

A powerful iPhone hacking toolkit dubbed “DarkSword” has been used since November 2025 to compromise devices by exploiting zero-day iOS vulnerabilities, Google …

Android
Google limits Android accessibility API to curb malware abuse

Google is restricting how Android apps can use accessibility features after years of abuse by banking Trojans and mobile malware. The changes, introduced in Android 17.2, …

open source
Big tech companies step in to support the open source security ecosystem

Backed by new funding commitments from major technology players, open source security efforts are moving beyond threat identification toward practical solutions for defenders. …

Code
AI coding agents keep repeating decade-old security mistakes

Coding agents are now writing production features on real development teams, and a new report from DryRun Security shows that those agents introduce security vulnerabilities …

Patch Tuesday
March 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Is AI security an oxymoron?

Developers and analysts are using more AI tools to produce code and to test both the performance and security of the finished products. They are also embedding AI …

Android
Google changes Play Store policies after settling Epic Games dispute

Google is making changes to the Play Store after settling its legal fight with Epic Games, focusing on three areas: more billing options, lower fees with new programs for …

AI agents
Engineering trust: A security blueprint for autonomous AI agents

AI agents have evolved from just chatbots, answering questions to executing actions using various integrated tools, often autonomously, and as such the traditional security …

Google Chrome
Google speeds up Chrome updates with new security-focused release cycle

The Chrome browser is moving to a two-week release cycle, a change intended to give developers and users faster access to new features, performance improvements and bug fixes. …

Apple
Coruna: Spy-grade iOS exploit kit powering financial crime

A powerful iOS exploit kit has circulated among multiple threat actors over the past year, moving from a commercial surveillance operation to state-linked espionage campaigns …

Android 17
Android 17 second beta expands privacy controls for contacts, SMS and local networks

Google’s second beta of Android 17 continues updates to platform behavior and introduces new APIs focused on protecting sensitive data. Protecting contact and local network …

US Department of Justice
Ex-Google engineers charged with orchestrating high-tech secrets extraction

A federal grand jury has indicted three Silicon Valley engineers on charges in a scheme to steal trade secrets from Google and other leading technology companies. The …

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