Posted by Platform Hardening Team In Android 11 we continue to increase the security of the Android platform. We have moved to safer default settings, migrated to a hardened memory allocator, and expanded the use of compiler mitigations that defend a…
Can a technological intervention stem the pandemic while avoiding the privacy pitfalls of location tracking?
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Posted by Charmaine D’Silva, Product Lead, Android Privacy and Framework, Narayan Kamath, Engineering Lead, Android Privacy and Framework, Stephan Somogyi, Product Lead, Android Security and Sudhi Herle, Engineering Lead, Android Security This blog po…
Posted by Charmaine D’Silva, Product Lead, Android Privacy and Framework, Narayan Kamath, Engineering Lead, Android Privacy and Framework, Stephan Somogyi, Product Lead, Android Security and Sudhi Herle, Engineering Lead, Android Security This blog po…
Poorly secured remote access attracts mostly ransomware gangs, but can provide access to coin miners and backdoors too
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Android ransomware posing as a COVID-19 tracing app – Ill-trained and ill-equipped newly-minted remote workers – How Bitcoin giveaway scams misuse Elon Musk’s name
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A password manager can make your digital life both simpler and more secure. Are there any downsides to relying on software to create and store your passwords?
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In a move lauded by privacy advocates, Boston joins the ranks of cities that have voted down the municipal use of the technology
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ESET researchers dissect an Android app that masquerades as an official COVID-19 contact-tracing app and encrypts files on the victim’s device
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And many of them didn’t receive any new security training or tools from their employer to properly secure the devices, a study finds
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