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Nearly a year after the disclosure of the Dirty COW vulnerability that affected the Linux kernel, cybercriminals have started exploiting the vulnerability against Android users, researchers have...

Researchers settle PIN versus pattern debate with study that proves a low-tech hack makes cracking an unlock screen simple.

The “swiping” unlock patterns typical for Android devices are considerably easier for attackers to discern than PIN combinations. In fact, after only one observation of a user entering the...

Google’s Android security team has turned a corner with 8.0 Oreo, reducing the attack surface, compartmentalizing components and beefing up protection against rogue apps.

Tens of millions of Android users potentially had their information collected by a security application distributed through Google Play, Check Point security researchers warn. read more

A recently discovered Android banking Trojan features a bot and command and control panel fully written from scratch, SfyLabs has discovered. read more

The Recent discoveries of dangerous variants of the Android banking Trojan families, including Faketoken, Svpeng, and BankBot, present a significant threat to online users who may have their login...

Even after so many efforts by Google, malicious apps somehow managed to fool its Play Store's anti-malware protections and infect people with malicious software. The same happened once again when...

Google has ejected 50 apps from its Google Play store that were harboring mobile malware dubbed ExpensiveWall.

One of the 81 vulnerabilities addressed in the September 2017 Android security bulletin was a High risk issue that could be exploited to launch a new type of overlay attacks, Palo Alto Networks...