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Three families of Android VPN apps, with a combined 700 million-plus Google Play downloads, are secretly linked, according to a group of researchers from Arizona State University and Citizen Lab. Finding the secret links Virtual private networks (VPNs)…
A newly identified Android phishing campaign is aggressively targeting Indian users by masquerading as the legitimate PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana, a government initiative approved in February 2024 that offers subsidies for solar rooftop installati…
Android pKVM has achieved SESIP Level 5 certification, which means it’s resistant to highly skilled, motivated, and funded attackers.
The post Google Says Android pKVM Earns Highest Level of Security Assurance appeared first on SecurityWeek.
ThreatFabric analysts have uncovered PhantomCard, a sophisticated NFC-based Trojan designed to relay sensitive card data from victims’ devices to cybercriminals. This malware, which primarily targets banking customers in Brazil but shows potentia…
Zimperium’s zLabs team uncovers a critical security flaw in the popular Android rooting tool, KernelSU v0.5.7. Learn how…
Android privilege escalation has been transformed by rooting frameworks such as KernelSU, APatch, and SKRoot, which use advanced kernel patching techniques to enable unauthorized code execution at the kernel level. These tools hook into critical system…
Google has revealed that protected KVM (pKVM), the hypervisor that powers the Android Virtualization Framework (AVF), has achieved SESIP Level 5 certification, marking a major breakthrough for open-source security and consumer electronics. This milesto…
Posted by Dave Kleidermacher, VP Engineering, Android Security & Privacy
Today marks a watershed moment and new benchmark for open-source security and the future of consumer electronics. Google is proud to announce that protected KVM (pKVM), the hype…
A sophisticated cybercrime campaign has been discovered targeting Android users through fake antivirus applications that actually deliver LunaSpy spyware to victims’ devices. Security researchers have identified this malicious operation as an act…
Google addressed multiple Android flaws, including two Qualcomm vulnerabilities that were actively exploited in the wild. Google released security updates to address multiple Android vulnerabilities, including two Qualcomm flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-21479 (CVSS score: 8.6) and CVE-2025-27038 (CVSS score: 7.5), that were actively exploited in the wild. In June, Google Android Security team reported three […]