Remember that Android mobile “master key” vulnerability that was patched last month? It turns out there are other opportunities within the Google operating system to perform similar attacks against ...

A comprehensive academic study published this week has discovered hidden backdoor-like behavior -- such as secret access keys, master passwords, and secret commands -- in more than 12,700 Android ...

When security researchers expose software vulnerabilities, it often doesn't take long for malware writers to exploit those vulnerabilities. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

Hackers are now using a critical vulnerability in Android to modify legitimate smartphone applications, putting users at risk of being spied on. Security vendor Symantec wrote on Tuesday that it found ...

More fixes are appearing for a pair of highly dangerous vulnerabilities exposed earlier this month in the Android mobile operating system. Security vendor Webroot and ReKey, a collaboration between ...

Security firm Symantec claims to have discovered evidence that hackers are exploiting the recently-discovered Android 'master key' flaw. The vulnerability, which was first publicised earlier this ...

A critical vulnerability that affects an estimated 99% of the Android devices now in operation could allow attackers to use exploit code to easily infect devices with a Trojanized version of a ...

A developer’s cryptographic signing key is one of the major linchpins of Android security. Any time Android updates an app, the signing key of the old app on your phone needs to match the key of the ...

Google has confirmed that a critical Android vulnerability, CVE-2026-0073, could enable remote code execution without any user interaction required.