The attack allows malicious applications to break out of their sandbox and access the entire operating system, giving an adversary complete control of the targeted device.

The attack allows malicious applications to break out of their sandbox and access the entire operating system, giving an adversary complete control of the targeted device.

An attacker can gain man-in-the-middle access to inject a rogue executable file onto the phone.

The July Android Security Bulletin patches 11 critical remote-code execution bugs including one dubbed ‘Broadpwn’ that impacts both Android and iOS devices.

Google said half of Android devices are unpatched and that percentage of potentially harmful apps on phones installed from all sources rose in 2016.

Google patched a critical hole in its problematic Android Mediaserver component that could have allowed an attacker to use email, web browsing, and MMS processing of media files to remotely execute code.

Millions of Android users are at risk of a new Metaphor exploit that can take over Samsung, LG and HTC phones in under 20 seconds. The hack gives attackers access to the targeted phones including the ability to inject malware and take control over key smartphone functions. Discovered by Israeli-based security firm NorthBit, the vulnerability...

A group of researchers are encouraging any smartphone users who own an L3 G3 to upgrade their devices after coming across a serious security vulnerability. If exploited the bug could enable an attacker to run arbitrary JavaScript, and lead to a handful of issues, including data theft, phishing attacks and a denial of service. The...