Apple’s 2026 Security Events: iPhone Exploits, Zero-Days Put Millions at Risk
Apple’s security year so far has been anything but quiet. The company’s 2026 security cycle has been dominated by a...
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Russia’s FSB Says Foreign Spies Infected Officials’ Phones With Malware
Russia’s FSB Says Foreign Spies Infected Officials’ Phones With Malware Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2026 Russia’s FSB claims foreign intelligence...
Google June 2026 Android Update Patches 124 Flaws, One Actively Exploited
Ravie LakshmananJun 02, 2026Vulnerability / Mobile Security Google on Monday released patches for 124 security vulnerabilities impacting its Android operating...
Google Patches Android Zero-Day Vulnerability in June 2026 Security Update
Google’s June 2026 Android security release addresses dozens of vulnerabilities across the operating system, including one flaw that the company...
Update Now: Apple Rolls Out Critical Fixes for iPhone 17, M5 Macs
Image: Thai Nguyen/Unsplash Apple released iOS 26.5.1 and macOS 26.5.1 to fix iPhone 17 charging issues and M5 Mac shutdown...
Google’s $135M Android Privacy Settlement: Who May Be Eligible
Image: Daniel Romero/Unsplash Google’s $135 million Android settlement could pay eligible US users who used Android devices with cellular data...
WhatsApp Local Storage Claim Raises Apple Privacy Questions
End-to-end encryption can protect a message in transit, but it cannot protect every place that message lands. Researchers at Mysk...
Zero-Click WhatsApp Account Takeover Hits iPhone Users Running iOS 16. No Linked Devices, No Warning
Zero-Click WhatsApp Account Takeover Hits iPhone Users Running iOS 16. No Linked Devices, No Warning Pierluigi Paganini May 25, 2026...
Trapdoor Android Ad Fraud Scheme Hit 659 Million Daily Bid Requests Using 455 Apps
Ravie LakshmananMay 19, 2026Malvertising / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ad fraud and malvertising operation...
Google’s Default 15GB Free Storage Is Ending for Some New Accounts
Google’s longtime 15GB free storage perk is no longer automatic for every new account. Under Google’s updated support page, affected...
Google Launches New Android Security Features to Fight Scams, Theft
Android is getting its biggest security upgrade yet. Google is adding new security and privacy protections to Android in 2026,...
New TrickMo Variant Uses TON C2 and SOCKS5 to Create Android Network Pivots
Ravie LakshmananMay 12, 2026Malware / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new version of the TrickMo Android banking trojan...
iOS 26.5 Brings Default End-to-End Encrypted RCS Messaging Between iPhone and Android
Ravie LakshmananMay 12, 2026Encryption / Mobile Security Apple on Monday officially released iOS 26.5 with support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE)...
Fake Call History Apps Stole Payments From Users After 7.3 Million Play Store Downloads
Ravie LakshmananMay 08, 2026Android / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered fraudulent apps on the official Google Play Store for...
Smashing Security podcast #465: This developer wanted to cheat at Roblox. It cost millions
A developer at an AI startup wanted to cheat at Roblox. They downloaded a dodgy script on their work laptop....
