Google’s Advanced Protection Now on Android
May 14 2025Google has extended its Advanced Protection features to Android devices. It’s not for everybody, but something to be considered by high-risk users. Wired article, behind a paywall.
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April 23 2025Android phones will soon reboot themselves after sitting idle for three days. iPhones have had this feature for a while; it’s nice to see Google add it to their...
Read morePIN-Stealing Android Malware
January 9 2024This is an old piece of malware—the Chameleon Android banking Trojan—that now disables biometric authentication in order to steal the PIN:
The second notable new feature is the ability...
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USB charging stations - can you trust them? What are the real risks, and how can you keep your data safe on the road?
Read moreWhat if the "safe" images you shared after carefully cropping them... had some or all of the "unsafe" pixels left behind anyway?
Read moreDespite its usually inflexible 0-day disclosure policy, Google is keeping four mobile modem bugs semi-secret due to likely ease of exploitation.
Read moreDespite its usually inflexible 0-day disclosure policy, Google is keeping four mobile modem bugs semi-secret due to likely ease of exploitation.
Read moreLeaked Signing Keys Are Being Used to Sign Malware
December 8 2022A bunch of Android OEM signing keys have been leaked or stolen, and they are actively being used to sign malware.
Łukasz Siewierski, a member of Google’s Android Security...
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S3 Ep109: How one leaked email password could drain your business [Audio + Transcript]
November 18 2022Latest episode - listen now! Cybersecurity news plus loads of great advice...
Read moreDangerous SIM-swap lockscreen bypass – update Android now!
November 12 2022A bit like leaving the front door keys under the doormat...
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