Since Android is widely used on large number of devices, it makes it perfect for a potential target for malicious attackers. In the past few months, vulnerabilities in Google’s mobile operating system continue to be discovered. Recently, security researchers were able to discover another vulnerability which tricked Android users into allowing attackers to record their devices’ screens. Although this particular vulnerability was fixed in Android Oreo, analysts at GuardSquare reported as of…
Way back in May this year, at Google I/O, the tech giant has promised a new version of Android which is custom-designed meant for low-end Android devices. This new Android version is called “Android Go (Oreo edition)” is being made available for developers and device manufacturers but it does not mean that it’s available to users yet. But according to Google, that would presumably happen in short order. The basis behind this new Android Go is pretty much simple – it is a…
As of late, there were eight malicious apps spotted on Google Play Store. There are corrupted apps that has dropped a multi-stage malware on Android devices as eight malicious apps were detected on the Google Play Store which were created to infiltrate a multi-stage malware on Android devices. The malicious apps, which were identified as Android/TRojanDropper.Agent.BKY, were still able to get past Google’s security despite having the excellent ability to get around antivirus…
Essential has just released the Oreo Beta Program for their PH-1 flagship phone. Many users have been anticipating this update ever since the early Nougat builds of the PH-1 software have suffered from a number of performance problems as well as lag. The good thing is that users can now get their hands on the Oreo update as of yesterday with only a couple of easy steps. The announcement for the Oreo Beta program was released on the website of Essential earlier yesterday. And for you to get a…
Google introduced Android way back in 2008 on a single mobile device. However, the platform was designed to be freely available and adaptable so anyone can download the open source code and make own modifications to it. And that’s the start of Android’s massive success making it the most popular computing platform all over the globe. And at the same time, Google’s approach has also contributed to the development of a fracture user base. However, despite Android’s success, problems also…
It seems that Android Smartphone vendors are looking forward to developing more foldable mobile devices to offer users with an even larger display to compete against bigger handsets like the iPhone 8 Plus. A report claimed that various vendors are trying to work on mobile devices using multiple creens to create a larger display area. Android smartphone manufacturers are looking towards developing more foldable phones to offer consumers a larger display to compete against bigger handsets like…
Android app developers received an email from Google informing them regarding the plans of removing all apps that misuse the Accessibility from the Google Play Store. The Android Accessibility service is an Android API created to help app developers in creating apps for users with disabilities. The Android Accessibility service works in allowing an application have a programmatic access over actions which in normal circumstance, requires a user’s physical interaction. For instance, the…
Findings and analysis of a new Android malware has been released by Trend Micro. This new Android malware could potentially affect many Android devices, especially those devices running Android 7.1 Nougat and older versions of Android. This new security threat allows hackers to sneak in other forms of malware to the compromised device through the Toast Overlay attack deemed as “TOASTAMIGO”. This Android malware, which was demonstrated just this year as a proof of concept, was uncovered…
HMD Global plans to venture into the ultra-cheap smartphone section to increase its market share all over the country with the new Nokia 2 Android. As of now, the company’s market share is on a steep climb in the feature phone segment where they have 8% hold in the market and where they are at the fourth position in the feature phone market. The company has made its very first exclusive launch with the Nokia 2 in India. The smartphone boasts a number of interesting featuresof its own while…
Android devices were recently targeted by hackers again as eight Minecraft oriented apps in the Google Play Store are infected with the new Android.Sockbot malware. Android.Sockbot is a new Trojan horse that spreads using Minecraft oriented apps on Google Play. At the time of writing, the malicious apps are already removed from the Store but it has left a number of devices infected with the scale of infections that might range from 600,000 to 2.6 million Android devices. Based on the…
