Android O updates: Google plans to release stricter measures for ransomware attacks – ChristianToday

Android O updates: Google plans to release stricter measures for ransomware attacks
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Symantec's official blog reveals that after the first developer preview of the upcoming Android O was released, one of its contents has a direct impact on most threats caused by Android ransomware attacks, particularly those that use the system-type

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Android Sensor Attack Can Guess PINs with 94% Accuracy – On the Wire (blog)


On the Wire (blog)

Android Sensor Attack Can Guess PINs with 94% Accuracy
On the Wire (blog)
… serious privacy and security issues, as researchers at Newcastle University established with a new attack the can recover a user's four-digit phone PIN 94 percent of the time by measuring the output from an Android device's motion and orientation

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Pixel XL devices accidentally receive ‘Googlers-only OTA’ of next Android security update – 9to5Google


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Pixel XL devices accidentally receive 'Googlers-only OTA' of next Android security update
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Google frequently uses their employees to dogfood updates before they are released to the public. Earlier this evening, a “confidential Googlers-only OTA” appears to have inadvertently been pushed to some Pixel XL devices.

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