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Avoid these Google Play Store apps that promise to update your Android phone
2019-03-18 15:15

Apps in the Google Play Store purport to upgrade your phone to Android 9.0 Pie, but an app cannot perform that task.

Android Q will come with improved privacy protections
2019-03-18 09:20

Android Q, the newest iteration of Google’s popular mobile OS, is scheduled to be made available to end users at the end of August. While we still don’t know what its official release name will...

Karpeles walks, Google and Microsoft board up Windows hole, and Android AV still sucks
2019-03-18 07:12

Plus, BlackBerry wants to be Uncle Sam's go-to security firm, thousands of legal docs pill online, and more Roundup Last week we saw a conservative app exposed, the revelation of Beto's hacker...

Will the next version of Android get location privacy right?
2019-03-15 11:15

Google has confirmed that improved control over location tracking is one of several new privacy features in the next version of its mobile OS, Android Q.

Anti-Virus on Android: Beware of Low-Quality Apps
2019-03-15 11:03

More Than Half of AV Apps are Ineffective, Testing Firm FindsMore than half of 250 antivirus applications available in Google's Play Store offer insufficient protection against malicious software,...

Two thirds of Android antimalware apps are ineffective or unreliable
2019-03-14 12:12

Choosing an effective Android antimalware app is a shot in the dark for many users and they may end up in more danger of malicious apps, not less. In fact, as the results of AV-Comparatives’...

Just Android things: 150m phones, gadgets installed adware-ridden mobe simulator games
2019-03-13 19:33

Devs may have been duped into using dodgy SDK Android adware has managed to find its way into as many as 150 million devices – after it was stashed inside a large number of those bizarre viral...

Why you need the Myki Android Password Manager
2019-03-11 17:47

If you're searching for an easy-to-use password manager that doesn't save your data to a third-party server, give Myki a try.

Research Firm Offers $3 Million for iOS, Android 0-Days
2019-03-11 16:14

Vulnerability research firm Crowdfense has launched a new 0-day acquisition program and is promising payouts of up to $3 million for full-chain, previously unreported exploits.  read more

Myki might be the Android password manager you've been wanting
2019-03-07 00:04

If you're looking for an easy to use password manager that doesn't save your data to a third-party server, Jack Wallen believes Myki might be what you're looking for.