More than 30% of Android phones still run Android 12 or older. That’s bad enough. But OEMs take time to deploy these fixes, ...

Pixnapping is an Android exploit that steals screen pixels through a side-channel attack. Avoiding risky apps and tightening security can reduce exposure.

A team of academic researchers has uncovered a new Android security exploit that raises a lot of questions about the platform’s permission system. The technique, named TapTrap, uses user interface ...

If you thought that there was no way the government could spy on your phone, the authorities in Serbia have some magic beans ...

Do you know you can force the best Bluetooth audio codecs and get the richest sounds delivered from your Android phone to earbuds?

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...

A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for a local privilege elevation flaw impacting at least seven Android original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) is now publicly available on GitHub. However, as the ...

Researchers have developed Metaphor, a “fast, reliable, and stealthy” exploit for the Stagefright vulnerability that can affect millions of Android devices. Whether or not the attack becomes widely ...