Android

Android malware types like your gran to steal banking creds

Updated By appearing more human, it evades detection

Cybersecurity Month28 Oct 2025 | 8

UK competition cops brand Apple, Google with 'strategic market status' for mobile

Designation hands CMA broad oversight of their app stores and platforms

Personal Tech22 Oct 2025 | 11

Mobian makes Debian's latest 'Trixie' release pocket-sized

Another phone Linux? The Reg attempts to disentangle the options

OSes21 Oct 2025 | 30

Librephone battles the proprietary binary blob

Free Software Foundation project aims to reverse-engineer non-freedom respecting firmware

OSes15 Oct 2025 | 37

Android 'Pixnapping' attack can capture app data like 2FA codes

GPU-based timing attack inspired by decade-old iframe technique

Cybersecurity Month13 Oct 2025 | 8

Google to merge Android and ChromeOS in 2026, because AI

Video You'll see the results next year, but it's not the end of Googly lappies

OSes25 Sep 2025 | 31

Samsung fixes Android 0-day that may have been used to spy on WhatsApp messages

A similar vuln on Apple devices was used against 'specific targeted users'

Patches12 Sep 2025 | 7

Boffins build automated Android bug hunting system

AI agent system said to have found more than 100 zero-day flaws in production apps

Security04 Sep 2025 | 4

Android drops mega patch bomb - 120 fixes, two already exploited

September bundle the largest this year, and possibly the most serious

Patches03 Sep 2025 | 14

Google kneecaps indie Android devs, forces them to register

Sideloaders face ID checks, fees, and paperwork as Chocolate Factory tightens gates

Applications26 Aug 2025 | 82

Malware-ridden apps made it into Google's Play Store, scored 19 million downloads

Everything's fine, the ad slinger assures us

Security26 Aug 2025 | 18

Google tweaks Play Store fees to keep Euro watchdogs at bay

Epic boss brands the changes 'malicious compliance'

Applications20 Aug 2025 | 6

Court upholds Epic win in Google Play Store antitrust battle

Appeals panel says Chocolate Factory abused its dominance in Android app distribution

Legal01 Aug 2025 | 8

How to find forgotten Wi-Fi passwords and SSIDs in Windows and Android

hands-on If you've ever logged into a network on your laptop or phone, the password is still there

Personal Tech25 Jul 2025 | 63

Google's Android boss suggests ChromeOS could be on borrowed time

Gentoo derivative is the most popular Linux distro, but its days are apparently numbered

OSes16 Jul 2025 | 39

/e/ OS 3.0: Slightly less clunky, slightly more private

Probably the easiest way to a Google-free smartphone or tablet

OSes19 Jun 2025 | 57

Google faces billion-quid bruising over Play Store fees in the UK

Competition Appeals Tribunal gives nod for claim to go to trial

Legal12 Jun 2025 | 28

Blocking stolen phones from the cloud can be done, should be done, won't be done

Opinion Big tech can't be bothered to fight crime. It can barely be bothered even to say so

Personal Tech09 Jun 2025 | 118

Cops want Apple, Google to kill stolen phones remotely – so why won't they?

Tech giants say blocking purloined devices via IMEI could open new fraud risks

Personal Tech04 Jun 2025 | 89

Meta pauses mobile port tracking tech on Android after researchers cry foul

Zuckercorp and Yandex used localhost loophole to tie browser data to app users, say boffins

Research03 Jun 2025 | 53

Sergey Brin promises next generation of Glassholes will be much less conspicuous

Google I/O Chocolate Factory comes for Meta's Ray-Bans with Warby Parker pact

Personal Tech21 May 2025 | 36

Google backs down after locking out Nextcloud Files app

Search giant to restore critical Android permission after user outcry

Applications17 May 2025 | 25

Nextcloud cries foul over Google Play Store app rejection

Exclusive Claims policy change is really just a way to squeeze out competition

Applications13 May 2025 | 29

India gets Google to unbundle Android and the Play Store on Smart TVs

Meanwhile, OpenAI expresses an interest in unbundling Chrome from Google

Public Sector23 Apr 2025 | 10

Japan serves Google a cease and desist order over its Android bundling deals

Won't let the Big G require its apps and search to be installed on smartphones

Public Sector16 Apr 2025 | 27

Google slips built-in terminal, Debian Linux VM into Android 15 March feature drop

Try it out now on Pixel phones for some penguin on penguin fun

OSes13 Mar 2025 | 33

Google begs owners of crippled Chromecasts not to hit factory reset

Updated Expired security cert kerfuffle leaves second-gen, Audio gadgets useless

Personal Tech10 Mar 2025 | 63

How Google tracks Android device users before they've even opened an app

No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims ... no consent

Security04 Mar 2025 | 91

Murena kicks Google out of the Pixel Tablet

Privacy-centric Android makes more sense on this form factor than a phone

Personal Tech26 Feb 2025 | 36

Murena boss says customers about to wake up from its cloud storage nightmare

Interview Four months since cloud drive kicked the bucket, but resolution comes today... hopefully

Disaster Recovery Week12 Feb 2025 | 16

Google patches odd Android kernel security bug amid signs of targeted exploitation

Also, Netgear fixes critical router, access point vulnerabilities

Patches04 Feb 2025 | 5

Datacus extractus: Harry Potter publisher breached without resorting to magic

Infosec in brief PLUS: Allstate sued for allegedly tracking drivers; Dutch DDoS; More fake jobs from Pyongyang; and more

Security20 Jan 2025 | 7

FireScam infostealer poses as Telegram Premium app to surveil Android devices

updated Once installed, it helps itself to your data like it's a free buffet

Research06 Jan 2025 | 5

HMD Fusion: A budget repairable smartphone with modular flair

Review Expansion port on the back lets you add Outfits with added functions

Personal Tech03 Jan 2025 | 34

Android beefs up Bluetooth tag stalker protections

Wider ecosystem still has work to do, though

Personal Tech13 Dec 2024 | 24

Google changes Android release cycle so new versions arrive in Q2

Version 16 developer preview starts the new cycle, with warnings for devs to test sooner rather than later

OSes20 Nov 2024 | 10

Huawei's farewell to Android isn't a marketing move, it's chess

Opinion HarmonyOS NEXT sounds dissonant until you get the theme

Columnists28 Oct 2024 | 126

Millions of Android and iOS users at risk from hardcoded creds in popular apps

Azure Blob Storage, AWS, and Twilio keys all up for grabs

Security23 Oct 2024 | 17

HMD delivers Android Digital Detox feature to stop you scrolling your life away

Update for Skyline phone brings selective distraction blocking

Personal Tech17 Oct 2024 | 9

Google brings better bricking to Androids, to curtail crims

Improved security features teased in May now appearing around the world

Security08 Oct 2024 | 24

Epic judge orders Google to let rivals set up app stores

Chocolate Factory vows to appeal

Applications07 Oct 2024 | 19

Necro malware continues to haunt side-loaders of dodgy Android mods

Updated 11M devices exposed to trojan, Kaspersky says

Cyber-crime23 Sep 2024 | 2

Google brings more Gemini AI features to Android, saves the best for Pixel 9

Video And four more phones. Woo. Yay.

Personal Tech13 Aug 2024 | 17

FTC urges judge to spank Google over Android App market monopoly

Pay no attention to web giant's whining about the cost of compliance, watchdog argues

Legal13 Aug 2024 | 9

Cellebrite got into Trump shooter's Samsung device in just 40 minutes

Infosec in brief Also: Second-string Russian hackers sanctioned; Senators demand answers from Snowflake, and more

Security22 Jul 2024 | 63

Smartphone is already many folks' only computer – say hi to optional desktop mode in Android 15 beta

Future Androids may let you dock them and use them as a desktop – as standard

Personal Tech12 Jul 2024 | 72

Microsoft China staff can't log on with an Android, so Redmond buys them iThings

Google's absence creates software distribution issues not even mighty Microsoft can handle

Security09 Jul 2024 | 20

Google borrows from Android to make ChromeOS better

'Large portions' of droid tech stack going into laptop OS plumbing

OSes12 Jun 2024 | 7

Google, Apple gear to raise tracking tag stalker alarm

After years of people being victimized, it's about time

Personal Tech14 May 2024 | 28

Dozens of vulnerabilities fixed in Xiaomi, Google Android flavors … slowly

Oversecure details bugs spotted and stamped since private disclosure

OSes02 May 2024 | 2

Google pulls RISC-V support from generic Android kernel

Not a great omen if you were hoping to own a future RV smartphone – tho web giant says it hasn't totally given up

Personal Tech01 May 2024 | 22

Huawei wants to take homegrown HarmonyOS phone platform worldwide

Chinese tech juggernaut eyes global expansion despite US tech restrictions

OSes22 Apr 2024 | 35

CISA in a flap as Chirp smart door locks can be trivially unlocked remotely

Hard-coded credentials last thing you want in home security app

Security15 Apr 2024 | 49

Google One VPN axed for everyone but Pixel loyalists ... for now

Another one bytes the dust

Personal Tech12 Apr 2024 | 8

Nano a nono: Pixel 8 phones too dumb for Google's smallest Gemini AI model

Updated Some might say a blessing in disguise

Personal Tech08 Mar 2024 | 12

Lawsuit claims gift card fraud is the gift that keeps on giving, to Google

Play Store commissions are a nice little earner, wherever they come from

Cyber-crime07 Mar 2024 | 22