Google is adding a new AI-powered scam protection feature that monitors phone call conversations on Google Pixel devices to detect patterns that warn when the caller may be a scammer.
Google fixed two actively exploited Android zero-day flaws as part of its November security updates, addressing a total of 51 vulnerabilities.
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A new version of the FakeCall malware for Android hijacks outgoing calls from a user to their bank, redirecting them to the attacker's phone number instead.
Google Play, the official store for Android, distributed over a period of one year more than 200 malicious applications, which cumulatively counted nearly eight million downloads.
Forty new variants of the TrickMo Android banking trojan have been identified in the wild, linked to 16 droppers and 22 distinct command and control (C2) infrastructures, with new features designed to steal Android PINs.
Over the weekend, Google removed Kaspersky's Android security apps from the Google Play store and disabled the Russian company's developer accounts.
Fake trading apps on Google Play and Apple's App Store lure victims into "pig butchering" scams that have a global reach.
A crypto draining app mimicking the legitimate 'WalletConnect' project has been distributed over Google Play for five months getting more than 10,000 downloads.
The percentage of Android vulnerabilities caused by memory safety issues has dropped from 76% in 2019 to only 24% in 2024, representing a massive decrease of over 68% in five years.
A new version of the Octo Android malware, named "Octo2," has been seen spreading across Europe under the guise of NordVPN, Google Chrome, and an app called Europe Enterprise.
A new version of the Necro malware loader for Android was installed on 11 million devices through Google Play in malicious SDK supply chain attacks.
Threat actors have infected over 1.3 million TV streaming boxes running Android with a new Vo1d backdoor malware, allowing the attackers to take full control of the devices.
A new Android malware named SpyAgent uses optical character recognition (OCR) technology to steal cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases from screenshots stored on the mobile device.
Google has released the September 2024 Android security updates to fix 34 vulnerabilities, including CVE-2024-32896, an actively exploited elevation of privilege flaw that was previously fixed on Pixel devices.
The Russian state-sponsored APT29 hacking group has been observed using the same iOS and Android exploits created by commercial spyware vendors in a series of cyberattacks between November 2023 and July 2024.
Microsoft has released the optional KB5041587 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 23H2 and 22H2, which adds sharing to Android devices and fixes multiple File Explorer issues.
A new Android malware named NGate can steal money from payment cards by relaying to an attacker's device the data read by the near-field communication (NFC) chip.
Threat actors started to use progressive web applications to impersonate banking apps and steal credentials from Android and iOS users.
Google is testing a new feature that redacts your credit card details, passwords and other sensitive information in Chrome when sharing or recording your screen on Android.
Google says it is taking a privacy-minded approach to the integration of AI features like the Gemini assistant on Android devices, implementing end-to-end protection to secure data in transit while keeping the most sensitive data locally on the device.