Google bundles multiple safeguards under a single Android toggle to protect high-risk users from advanced mobile malware implants.
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Android’s May 2025 security update includes patches for an exploited vulnerability in the FreeType open source rendering engine.
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Over 300 malicious applications displaying intrusive full-screen interstitial video ads amassed more than 60 million downloads on Google Play.
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Android’s March 2025 security update addresses over 40 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited in the wild.
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Amnesty International publishes technical details on zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by Cellebrite’s mobile forensic tools to spy on a Serbian student activist.
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Qualcomm says it’s working with Google to ensure that Android device manufacturers will be able to provide security updates for 8 years.
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The February 2025 Android patches resolve 46 vulnerabilities, including a Linux kernel bug that has been exploited in the wild.
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Memory safety bugs in Android have decreased significantly as old code matures and new code uses memory-safe languages.
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The Necro trojan was found in two Android applications in Google Play with a combined downloads count of over 11 million.
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Doctor Web warns of the new Vo1d Android malware infecting roughly 1.3 million TV boxes running older OS versions.
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