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 ...

If you thought that there was no way the government could spy on your phone, the authorities in Serbia have some magic beans ...

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

Researchers have developed Metaphor, a “fast, reliable, and stealthy” exploit for the Stagefright vulnerability that can affect millions of Android devices. Whether or not the attack becomes widely ...

A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a local privilege elevation flaw impacting at least seven Android original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) is now publicly available on GitHub. However, as the ...

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...

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 ...

Bas Bosschert, a self-billed “consultant/sysadmin/entrepreneur,” has demonstrated a proof-of-concept exploit that shows how the locally stored message database ...

Google has released a serious security warning for Android smartphone users, raising concerns about newly discovered ...