More than 30% of Android phones still run Android 12 or older. That’s bad enough. But OEMs take time to deploy these fixes, ...

Google kicked off Dangerous December with a warning that Android is under attack, with two critical vulnerabilities “under limited, targeted exploitation.” Then Google issued another emergency update ...

Three weeks after Google released the May 2021 Android security update, the Google Project Zero team has revealed that four of the vulnerabilities patched were already under attack. "There are ...

Users are being urged to delete certain apps immediately after a major cyber attack infected millions of devices through a ...

Over the past few years, Google has got much better at providing regular security updates to its Pixel phones, and other Android manufacturers including Samsung have also improved the length of time ...

A new malware threat is emerging, and those who own an Android smartphone should beware. The "Albiriox" malware can embed ...

A team of researchers has developed an eavesdropping attack for Android devices that can, to various degrees, recognize the caller's gender and identity, and even discern private speech. Named EarSpy, ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police and MakeUseOf since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as ...

The Android world is still reeling from the DroidDream invasion of the Android Market. Google has flipped the kill switch to wipe out apps associated with DroidDream, but the work of investigating how ...

Attackers are using two known exploits to silently install ransomware on older Android devices when their owners browse to websites that load malicious advertisements. Web-based attacks that exploit ...