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Google Silently Adds ‘Panic Detection Mode” to Android 7.1 – How It’s Useful

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How often do you click the ‘back’ or the ‘Home’ button on your mobile device to exit an application immediately?

I believe, several times in a single day because a large number of apps do not have an exit button to directly force-close them instead of going back and back and back until they exit.

Sometimes Android users expect the back button to take them back to the back page, but sometimes

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Google Making Life Difficult for Ransomware to Thrive on Android

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At the Kaspersky Lab Security Analyst Summit, Android Security Team malware analyst Elena Kovakina explained Google’s strategy for countering ransomware on Android. Continue reading Google Making Life Difficult for Ransomware to Thrive on Android→

Half of Android Devices Unpatched Last Year

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Google said half of Android devices are unpatched and that percentage of potentially harmful apps on phones installed from all sources rose in 2016. Continue reading Half of Android Devices Unpatched Last Year→

The Project Zero Contest — Google will Pay you $200,000 to Hack Android OS

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Why waiting for researchers and bug hunters to know vulnerabilities in your products, when you can just throw a contest for that.

Google has launched its own Android hacking contest with the first prize winner receiving $200,000 in cash.

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