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With Google dragging their feet on the fix for Video4Linux, you might consider revoking camera permissions for certain apps.

MobiHok is a new Android RAT marketed by the actor known as mobeebom. It is a recycled version of the older, established SpyNote RAT. read more

An analysis of Android flashlight applications available in Google Play has revealed that they request an average of 25 permissions, with some requesting up to 77 permissions when installed. read more

The OS updates may not reflect your Facebook app setting, but Facebook says it will respect whatever users' most restrictive settings are.

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and podcasts: How to reduce the attack surface associated with medical devices As the number of connected medical devices...

The Android operating system is affected by a zero-day privilege escalation bug residing in the V4L2 driver, Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) reveals. read more

Except one – a 'your phone is now my phone' bug reported months ago and still not fixed Google this week emitted the September edition of its monthly Android security updates – and has left at...

The spyware poses as a legitimate application, spreading via SMS messages to victims' contact lists.

When is a security update not a security update? When it’s patching flaws in a version of an OS nobody beyond developers is yet running.

Episode 7 of the Naked Security podcast is available now!