#mobile security
22 stories taggedmobile security · page 2 of 2.
Samsung KNOX Use-After-Free Bug Sat in Galaxy Devices for Eight Years Before Patch
A high-severity kernel-level flaw in Samsung's KNOX security framework affected Galaxy handsets from the S9 through the S25 — a product window spanning nearly a decade.
Android's Identity Wall Goes Up Sept. 30, 2026 — Starting With Four Countries
Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand are the first markets where unverified developers lose the right to install apps on certified Android devices, sideload or not.
Asin Android Spyware Surfaces in Arabic-Language Lures, ESET Says
ESET ties early-2025 campaigns to decoy sites posing as utilities, war-tracking tools and a fake government news portal.
A Debug Flag Shipped to Prod Turned M365 Android Apps Into a Token Buffet
Any sideloaded app on the same phone could ask for the signed-in user's Microsoft token and get it. No prompt. No password. Just IPC.
A Single Notification Could Hijack Gemini on Android
Researchers showed how a poisoned WhatsApp, Slack or SMS alert could weaponize Google's voice assistant — no malicious app required.
Android June 2026 Bulletin: 124 Fixes, One Framework Bug Already Being Exploited
CVE-2025-48595 is a no-interaction privilege escalation in the Android Framework. Google says it's seen in the wild.
A Dev Flag Left Microsoft Account Tokens Exposed Across Billions of Android Installs
A single misconfigured development setting bypassed token-protection controls in Microsoft's Android apps. The blast radius was massive.