Google is boosting fraud and malware protections in Android 15 with live threat detection and expanded restricted settings.

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Android’s May 2024 security update patches 38 vulnerabilities, including a critical bug in the System component.

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Microsoft has uncovered a new type of attack called Dirty Stream that impacted Android apps with billions of installations. 

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Researchers can earn as much as $450,000 for a single vulnerability report as Google boosts its mobile vulnerability rewards program.

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The new Wpeeper Android trojan ceased operations after a week and has zero detections in VirusTotal.

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The Federal Communications Commission leveraged nearly $200 million in fines against wireless carriers AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon for illegally sharing customers’ location data.

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In 2023, Google said it blocked 2.28 million bad applications from being published on Google Play and banned 333,000 developer accounts.

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A new Android trojan named Brokewell can steal user’s sensitive information and allows attackers to take over devices.

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