If you have a recent Android phone, then 2025 is the year your device locks down. There is a serious risk that apps you use daily will stop working. And if you have an older device, then it may be ...

Consumer-grade phone surveillance apps aren’t only intended to stay stealthy; some of these apps are also making it increasingly difficult to remove them ...

A new version of the Android spyware 'Mandrake' has been found in five applications downloaded 32,000 times from Google Play, the platform's official app store. Bitdefender first documented Mandrake ...

The security researchers at Lookout recently discovered Russia’s Gamaredon Group using two Android spyware families, BoneSpy and PlainGnome, for spying and data theft purposes. These are the first ...

ESET researchers have uncovered two Android spyware campaigns targeting individuals interested in secure communication apps, namely Signal and ToTok. These campaigns distribute malware through ...

UPDATE: This story was updated on 1-10-25 to include a statement from a Google spokesperson. A new advanced Android spyware threat called "FireScam" is using a fake Telegram Premium application to ...

Google is narrowing the gap to iPhone on the security and privacy front with Android 15. A raft of welcome changes will better protect users, their devices and their data, including live threat ...

A new Android spyware named 'KoSpy' is linked to North Korean threat actors who have infiltrated Google Play and third-party app store APKPure through at least five malicious apps. According to ...

Two Android spyware campaigns using previously undocumented spyware masquerade as upgrades or plugins for secure messaging apps Signal and ToTok, warn researchers. The two campaigns appear to target ...

Hackers are spreading two families of mobile spyware around the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by masking them as the ToTok app. Ironically, thanks to the peculiar history and cultural standing it enjoys ...

Ever feel like your phone is listening to you when it shouldn't be? Credit: Getty Images / Qi Yang / Moment We've all had that eerie feeling that our phone is listening to every word we say. And for ...