One Android app with spyware capabilities based on an open-source remote access tool (RAT) has twice thwarted the security of Google Play over a period of two weeks. Radio Balouch (or RB Music) ...

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Google is finally making moves to tackle the menace that is Android malware. To this end, the internet giant has officially announced a partnership with cybersecurity firms ESET, Lookout, and ...

Google has left Android users puzzled after the most recent update to the Google mobile app causes links shared from the app to now be prepended with a mysterious "search.app" domain. As the Google ...

The Google Phone app is what powers the dialer of Pixel smartphones. Its simple design and powerful features make it a favorite of Pixel users. Now, anyone (with an Android device) can give the ...

A federal court jury has decided that Google's Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a ...

Senior writer at Forbes covering cybercrime, privacy and surveillance. This article is more than 4 years old. Cybersecurity startup Oversecured reported vulnerabilities in the Google Android app, ...