Android

Mobile apps leak personal data via insecure ads that transmit ad-targeting data insecurely.

Many Android device manufacturers are not telling the truth when they say they have patched devices, researchers found.

Netflix opens up bug bounty program to all white hat hackers and ups the ante for bugs to as much as $15,000.

Google is warning a critical vulnerability found in its Media Framework warrants extra attention by security minded Android users.

A new strain of mobile malware found on an array of apps can pull out sensitive data – including audio recordings – from Android phones.

The move adds to Google’s efforts against malicious apps on the Play store.

The botnet uses port scanning code from Mirai, a first for Android-related attacks, according to researchers.

In 2017 Google removed apps that violated the Google Play policies because they were malicious, purposely copied a more popular app or served up inappropriate content.

A massive mobile espionage campaign has been collecting troves of sensitive personal information since 2012, according to a new report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and security firm Lookout.

Researchers have discovered Android malware with spy capabilities never seen before such as allowing attackers to capture encrypted WhatsApp chat sessions.