Digital marauders have devised methodologies to transmute mundane Android smartphones into entirely subjugated apparatuses. Indian authorities report that a nascent surge of malignant software effectively bestows an “apotheosis of administrative control”—a digital “god mode”—over...
The March Android security update remediates scores of vulnerabilities, amongst which lurks a peril of profound severity. A critical flaw within this cohort empowers a malicious actor to execute arbitrary code remotely upon the...
A formidable confrontation is brewing in India between the state and preeminent smartphone manufacturers. The nation’s authorities are contemplating stringent new security mandates for mobile devices, which have already provoked sharp, albeit largely unspoken,...
Vulnerabilities discovered in wireless headphones powered by Airoha chips have opened the door to remote compromise of the smartphones they are connected to. The flaws identified by security researchers affect a wide range of...
If it already felt as though smartphone security advice had devolved into an endless catalogue of prohibitions, here is a new, officially endorsed level of paranoia: turn Wi-Fi off completely whenever you are not...
