Not only does this new ransomware attack threaten to destroy the data on your phone, it can also hijack the front camera and ...

In Android, apps aren’t supposed to be able to interfere with the normal behavior of other apps or the device itself. But ransomware is notorious for taking over other apps and encrypting data, and it ...

Android users are being urged to stay alert amid warnings of a troubling new cyberattack. The latest menace is among the most ...

The DroidLock threat is being distributed through malicious websites that promote fake applications, locking device screens ...

Attackers are using two known exploits to silently install ransomware on older Android devices when their owners browse to websites that load malicious advertisements. Web-based attacks that exploit ...

A killer software cat may be coming for your text messages, according to a threat report by McAfee Labs Mobile Malware Research team. It’s been dubbed “El Gato” — “The Cat,” in Spanish — because the ...

For context, my phone automatically created a work profile when I first logged into my company's Google Workspace account. I've already had weird System UI crashes when opening notification bubbles ...

The Android banking Trojan SOVA is back and sporting updated capabilities — with an additional version in development that contains a ransomware module. Researchers at Cleafy, which documented the ...

Wow, this is as bad as the article says? I had to look at my calendar to see if this is April 1. Click to expand... From the sounds of it, yes, although what amazes me as someone who mostly uses iOS ...

Researchers at security company ESET have found a type of malware that changes an Android device’s PIN, the first of its kind in an ever-evolving landscape of ransomware attacks. For most users, the ...

It’s a story almost as old as time: malware is wreaking havoc on Android devices again. Usually, Android malware aims to steal sensitive data and passwords in order to gain access to online accounts.

File-encrypting ransomware applications that target Android devices are becoming increasingly sophisticated. One new such program is using clickjacking techniques to trick users into granting it ...