A team of academic researchers has uncovered a new Android security exploit that raises a lot of questions about the platform’s permission system. The technique, named TapTrap, uses user interface ...

A new side-channel attack called Pixnapping enables a malicious Android app with no permissions to extract sensitive data by stealing pixels displayed by applications or websites, and reconstructing ...

Google has urged Android users to act now to avoid hackers exploiting flaws in its software. The company issued a critical warning for all Android users, confirming that two high-severity ...

Large language models are not new to Google, nor is using them to help protect users from scammers. A newly published report authored by Jasika Bawa, Google’s Chrome group product manager, and Phiroze ...

Update, Jan. 11, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 5, now includes a statement from Google regarding the Android FireScam threat. A new information-stealing Android malware threat has been ...

A new Android-focused proof-of-concept exploit would enable threat actors to steal secrets like multifactor authentication credentials from certain Android devices. The attack, named "pixnapping," was ...

Android users running unpatched devices face active exploitation of a flaw that Google addressed in its June 2026 security ...

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. As told to Android Police by a Google spokesperson: "We issued a patch for CVE-2025-48561 in the September Android security bulletin ...

Pixnapping attacks can put data from your Android device directly in the hands of hackers. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new type of ...

Like any other computer, smartphones are prone to some nasty malware, and the latest exploit discovered in Android is equal parts ingenious and horrifying. The last thing most Android users worry ...