A team of academic researchers has uncovered a new Android security exploit that raises a lot of questions about the platform’s permission system. The technique, named TapTrap, uses user interface ...

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Google has released security patches for six vulnerabilities in Android's August 2025 security update, including two Qualcomm flaws exploited in targeted attacks. The two security bugs, tracked as CVE ...

For the past decade, Google has consistently published an Android Security Bulletin every month, even if the company wasn’t ready to roll out a security update to its own Pixel devices. These ...

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