Tag: security

Concept app steals keyboard taps via phone sensors

Hey, security researchers. We appreciate what you do. But the world of malware is worrisome enough without yo giving the bad guys even more...

Spyware found in Japanese Google Play Store

Ho boy. It seems that at Android enthusiast can't get his head down before yet another malware story slides across his writing desk. This...

Security concept app steals Android info with no permissions

Android security nuts, get your tin foil hats ready. A security researcher at Leviathan Security Group has posted a proof of concept application that can steal...

Boeing prepares Android phones for G-Men

Boeing is a company usually associated with gigantic flying people-movers and/or awesome weaponry. But they're also a people company - which is why they're...

United States carriers and the FCC unite to battle cell phone theft

The Justice League. The Avengers. Voltron. Those annoying kids who always ran around for twenty minutes until Captain Planet showed up. Now you can...

CyanogenMod decides root access should be optional

Devices running custom ROM's have always been rooted. This is just how things are in the world of Android. Root gives you full control...

Android pattern lock stumps FBI investigators

There have been a lot of stories in the last few months questioning Android's security as a platform. But when it came time for...

Google Wallet now displays warnings for rooted phones

Oh boy. After taking considerable heat from the privacy and security community over cracks in Google Wallet, the company updated the NFC payment app...

Android applications flaw can allow photo access

Ever wonder if the photos you snapped with your Android device were safe from others to see? Well, I'm sure you hadn't considered it,...

Google pushes security fixes for Wallet, Google+, and Authenticator

A few weeks back, a Google Wallet vulnerability was found making both rooted and untampered devices with the application vulnerable to hackers. The crack...

Google has disabled use of your prepaid card via Google Wallet

As previously covered, your Google Wallet PIN can now be compromised on any device - rooted or not. Wallet Cracker, an application developed by...

Surprise: you don’t need root to break into Google Wallet after all

So there's some considerable hubbub surrounding Google Wallet at the moment, after an independent security researcher was able to create a rooted app that bypasses the PIN lock...

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Samsung Galaxy S21 FE vs Galaxy S21 5G

Galaxy S21 FE vs Galaxy S21: Which one is worth your...

The Galaxy S21 FE may have been cancelled and then delayed but Samsung's plan prevailed. The new Fan Edition comes out a month before...

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Galaxy Tab S8 series new leak reveals almost everything

February 9 is expected to be an exciting one for Samsung. As it unfolds the Unpacked event with enthusiasm, there will be some devices...