With ironic timing, just as Samsung confirms its latest crackdown on apps installed from outside official app stores, here comes another alarming warning showing just why it’s making those changes.

Sting once sang, “Every breath you take, every move you make, I’ll be watching you.” Little did the artist know that he’d just created a mission statement for spyware, programs that infect tech ...

According to Unit 42, Landfall remained an active vulnerability on Samsung phones for months, remaining undetected until ...

UPDATE: Google’s spokesperson reached out with a statement. The company has confirmed “that users are automatically protected from known versions of this spyware by Google Play Protect, which is on by ...

Imagine police pulling you over for a routine traffic stop and then taking you to the station. After your release, you notice your phone behaving suspiciously. This is what happened to Serbian ...

Facepalm: Theoretically, antimalware software should work to protect users' data from cybercrime. However, a newly discovered spyware campaign targeting Android devices is doing the opposite while ...

A coalition of governments has published a list of legitimate-looking Android apps that were actually spyware and were used to target civil society that may oppose China’s state interests. On Tuesday, ...

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 ...

Researchers have discovered seven new Pegasus spyware infections targeting journalists, government officials, and corporate executives that started several years ago and span both iPhone and Android ...

A surveillance tool named EagleMeSpy, developed by a Chinese software company for legal use by the country's public security bureaus, has been scraping the most sensitive data from targeted Android ...

Google has announced an October security update for all Android users that addresses more than 50 vulnerabilities and includes fixes for two zero-days already known to be exploited by malicious ...

North Korean hackers from the KONNI activity cluster are abusing Google's Find Hub tool to track their targets' GPS positions ...