mobile security

How do fully-maintained (i.e., patched) Android phones end up getting exploited? Searching for an answer to that question spurred security researchers to analyze thousands of …

More than half (57%) of organisations suspect their mobile workers have been hacked or caused a mobile security issue in the last 12 months, according to the iPass Mobile …

Google has released a developer preview of the next version of Android, currently called “Android P.” Functional changes are many, but here’s an overview of …

No device is safe from criminals looking to make it stealthily mine cryptocurrency for them. However weak its processing power is, it still costs them nothing. With that in …

Google has recently pulled 36 fake security apps from Google Play, after they’ve been flagged by Trend Micro researchers. Posing as legitimate security solutions, and …

Android app developers whose offerings implement Accessibility Services for reasons other that helping users with disabilities use their apps have less then 30 days to switch …

South Korean giant Samsung Electronics is now offering bounties for reported bugs in its mobile devices, software and services. “The rewards program kicked off with a …

On Monday, Google released the long-awaited Android 8.0 Oreo in an unveiling that coincided with the total solar eclipse visible in much of the US. The newest version of the …

The pervasiveness of smartphones has resulted in an onslaught of mobile apps, and it’s pretty safe to say that, by now, there is an app for every imaginable purpose. …

By now, many Android users that have the Google Play Store app on their devices should be able to find Google Play Protect in it. What is Google Play Protect? Google Play …

An analysis of the patch updates among the five leading wireless carriers in the United States found that 71 percent of mobile devices still run on security patches more than …

A test of Android devices used in two unnamed companies revealed that 38 of them were infected with malware before being delivered to the employees. These were smartphones by …