“Ignore the arguments about which is better, because iPhones and Android phones have far more in common than some folks will admit.”
Nasty bug allows hackers to take over many Android phones. Here’s what you can do.
“As bugs go, it doesn’t get any worse than this: A newly found vulnerability in Samsung’s Exynos modems allows hackers to take over phones without any intervention from the phone’s owners.”
Android spyware masquerades as a System Update
“Malware of all kinds on Android are nothing new. Some even manage to get past Google Play Store’s security checks. Most, however, ride on apps that are sourced outside of Android’s sanction app store and those are often able to wreak more havoc than normal harmful apps.”
T-Mobile is the first US carrier to make Google Messages its default SMS app
“Google’s Messages platform just got a big boost from T-Mobile, with the carrier announcing on Monday that the RCS app will come standard on all current and future Android phones it sells.”
New Android malware spies on you while posing as a System Update
“New malware with extensive spyware capabilities steals data from infected Android devices and is designed to automatically trigger whenever new info is read to be exfiltrated.”
WARNING: A New Android Zero-Day Vulnerability Is Under Active Attack
“Google has disclosed that a now-patched vulnerability affecting Android devices that use Qualcomm chipsets is being weaponized by attackers to launch targeted attacks. Tracked as CVE-2020-11261 (CVSS score 8.”
Android apps like Gmail are crashing and ‘WebView’ may be to blame
“This afternoon, a number of Android users (self included) suddenly saw notifications pop up on their devices saying that apps had stopped running. Many of the apps throwing errors suddenly can’t be opened, and they include important ones like Gmail, a number of banking apps, Google Pay and others.”
Pebble founder promises iMessage on Android and Windows with universal chat app
“Beeper is a new universal chat app that’s an attempt to unify 15 different chat platforms into a single interface. The app is the work of a team that includes Eric Migicovsky, the CEO and founder of former smartwatch manufacturer Pebble, who announced its launch on Twitter.”
How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone’s Encryption
“Lawmakers and law enforcement agencies around the world, including in the United States, have increasingly called for backdoors in the encryption schemes that protect your data, arguing that national security is at stake.”
NVIDIA SHIELD TV update fixes the controller bug
“This week NVIDIA released a significant update to the NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV device collection. This update is called SHIELD Experience Upgrade 8.2.1 (32.8.435.”
