While a speedy turnaround is possible on Apple, Apple's process can take up to two weeks. Similar security features are ...

That smartphone in your pocket is home to your favorite apps, personal accounts, and sensitive data. That means your device should have the strongest security protection available to prevent the wrong ...

With the increasing sophistication of digital threats, safeguarding your phone and personal data has never been more crucial. Android is responding with a suite of new security features designed to ...

Google’s Android security team has turned a corner with 8.0 Oreo, reducing the attack surface, compartmentalizing components and beefing up protection against rogue apps. In addition to the many ...

A ndroid has gotten better at protecting users out of the box, but it's far from perfect. While Android 16 makes your phone ...

The idea that the Android platform is insecure is popular and persistent. And quite possibly wrong. Barely a week goes by without a new headline about a freshly uncovered vulnerability or new malware ...

Mobile security company Zimperium has released its annual mobile threat report where security trends and discoveries in the year that passed lay the groundwork for predicting what's coming in 2022. In ...

Google releases monthly security updates for Android. Every so often those updates include patches for issues that have been assigned the highest severity rating. In its most recent security bulletin, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Google has started rolling out a security patch for a critical ...

You might need Lockdown mode if you are concerned about theft or have confidential files on your Android phone. The feature removes biometric security, which can be fooled with high-quality images or ...

Since my start in 2008, I've covered a wide variety of topics from space missions to fax service reviews. At PCMag, much of my work focused on security and privacy services, as well as a video game or ...

While all mobile devices have inherent security risks, Android has more vulnerabilities because of its inherent open-source nature, the slow pace with which users update the OS and a lack of proper ...