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If you think brand new, just-out-of-the-box Android smartphones are immune from security vulnerabilities - think again.

A vulnerability in the Google Camera app may have allowed attackers to surreptitiously take pictures and record videos even if the phone is locked or the screen is off, Checkmarx researchers have...

Researchers have discovered and revealed 146 vulnerabilities in various incarnations of Android smartphone firmware. The vulnerabilities were found by scanning the phones of 29 different Android...

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Hundreds of millions of devices, especially Android smartphones and tablets, using Qualcomm chipsets, are vulnerable to a new set of potentially serious vulnerabilities. According to a report...

xHelper is not interesting because of its infection mechanism; the user has to side-load an app onto his phone. It's not interesting because of its payload; it seems to do nothing more than show...

Google this week announced a partnership with several security solutions providers, aimed at fighting bad applications in the Android ecosystem. read more

After years of unsuccessfully battling malware and bad apps in the Google Play store and on more than 2.5 billion Android devices, Google is finally doing something about it. The tech giant this...

Google this week released its November 2019 set of security patches for Android to address nearly 40 vulnerabilities affecting the platform, including critical flaws in the System component. read more

The Ai.type app was removed from Google Play in June 2019 – but still remains on millions of Android devices and is still available from other Android marketplaces, researchers warn.