There were 29% more attacks on Android smartphone users in the first half of 2025 compared to the first half of 2024, and 48% more compared to the second half of 2024, according to Kaspersky data. In ...

Security researchers have resurrected a 12-year-old data-stealing attack on web browsers to pilfer sensitive info from Android devices.… The attack, dubbed Pixnapping, has yet to be mitigated.

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Samsung has scampered to fix a severe zero-day vulnerability, which was proactively utilized by creative attackers who aim the Android user base and the vulnerability has been obsequiously detected by ...

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 ...

Rowhammer attacks causing memory bit flips have traditionally been difficult to execute, but a new proof of concept for the Android Rowhammer attack shows the attack is possible to launch remotely.