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A newly discovered Android malware has the ability to add the compromised devices to a botnet that could potentially launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, Symantec warns. read more

Better late than never. Google has finally launched a bug bounty program for Android apps on Google Play Store, inviting security researchers to find and report vulnerabilities in some of the most...

Lenovo customers are being told to update their Android tablets and handsets to protect themselves against a handful of critical vulnerabilities impacting tens of millions of vulnerable Lenovo devices.

A new piece of ransomware is targeting Android users. Dubbed DoubleLocker, it both encrypts users’ files and changes the device’s PIN. About DoubleLocker Lukáš Štefanko, the ESET researcher who...

A newly discovered ransomware family targeting Android devices is abusing the platform’s accessibility services, ESET warns. read more

DoubleLocker—as the name suggests, it locks device twice. Security researchers from cybersecurity firm ESET have discovered a new Android ransomware that not just encrypts users’ data, but also...

The recently discovered Red Alert 2 Android Trojan is using an infrastructure that serves fake Adobe Flash Android apps to unsuspecting users, RiskIQ has discovered. read more

Enterprises blacklist apps for a range of security concerns, including specific malicious or data leakage behaviors, security policy compliance and concerns about shadow data storage. Appthority...

Android receives three remote code execution patches for vulnerabilities rated critical as Google launches a new Pixel/Nexus Security Bulletin.

Google this week released its October 2017 Android patches, which address a total of 14 vulnerabilities in the mobile platform, including five rated Critical severity. read more