How to Monetize Unity Apps: Best Practices
Unity is one of the most popular game engines for mobile and cross-platform app development. It powers millions…
Android
Android 16 Is Here
An anonymous reader shares a blog post from Google: Today, we’re bringing you Android 16, rolling out first to supported Pixel devices with more phone brands to come later this year. This is the earliest Android has launched a major release in the last…
Android Enterprise update puts mobile security first
Google is rolling out new Android Enterprise features aimed at improving mobile security, IT management, and employee productivity. According to Zimperium’s 2025 Global Mobile Threat Report, attackers are now prioritizing mobile devices over desktops. …
New Way to Covertly Track Android Users
Researchers have discovered a new way to covertly track Android users. Both Meta and Yandex were using it, but have suddenly stopped now that they have been caught.
The details are interesting, and worth reading in detail:
Tracking code that Meta and Russia-based Yandex embed into millions of websites is de-anonymizing visitors by abusing legitimate Internet protocols, causing Chrome and other browsers to surreptitiously send unique identifiers to native apps installed on a device, researchers have discovered. Google says it’s investigating the abuse, which allows Meta and Yandex to convert ephemeral web identifiers into persistent mobile app user identities…
Over 20 Malicious Apps on Google Play Target Users for Seed Phrases
Over 20 malicious apps on Google Play are stealing crypto seed phrases by posing as trusted wallets and exchanges, putting users’ funds at risk.
Millions of Android devices roped into Badbox 2.0 botnet. Is yours among them?
Millions of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices running the open-source version of the Android operating system are part of the Badbox 2.0 botnet, the FBI has warned. Cyber criminals are using the botnet to perform ad fraud and click fraud. Access to and …
BADBOX 2.0 Malware Hits Over a Million Android Devices in Global Cyber Threat
HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence and Research team, in collaboration with Google, Trend Micro, and Shadowserver, has uncovered and partially disrupted a massive cyber fraud operation named BADBOX 2.0. This operation, an evolved iteration of the origi…
Threat Actors Exploit Malware Loaders to Circumvent Android 13+ Accessibility Safeguards
Threat actors have successfully adapted to Google’s stringent accessibility restrictions introduced in Android 13 and later versions. These safeguards, rolled out in May 2022, were designed to prevent malicious applications from abusing accessibility s…
New Crocodilus Malware Grants Full Control Over Android Devices
The Mobile Threat Intelligence (MTI) team identified a formidable new player in the mobile malware landscape: Crocodilus, an Android banking Trojan designed for device takeover. Initially observed in test campaigns with limited live instances, this mal…
Android Security Update Addresses High-Severity Privilege Escalation Flaws
The Android Security Bulletin for June 2025, published on June 2, details a series of high-severity vulnerabilities affecting a wide range of Android devices. Security patch levels of 2025-06-05 or later address all reported issues, with source code pa…