Security researchers say free tools like AndroRAT are lowering the bar for script kiddies and second-rate cyber criminals to spy on unwitting Android users.

What steps can developers take to build safer software that is hack-proof? This question was originally answered on Quora by Alex Rebert.

For all of Android's flexibility and customization, carriers and phone makers still manage to lock down plenty of restrictions, skins, and preloaded software that you just don't want. There isn't ...

Prices for hacking tools that allow governments to break into mobile phones keep going up, thanks to efforts by tech firms ...

Google's Android mascot. Flickr/Rob Bulmahn Android 5.0 "Lollipop," the latest version of the Android phone operating system, is vulnerable to a simple hack that involves typing in a password so ...

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Malware targeting Android-based smartphones is creating problems for app developers and consumers. As of March 2016, an estimated 1.3 to 1.4 billion people owned Android-based devices globally ...

A team of researchers can hack the Gmail smartphone app on Android by disguising malicious software as another app.

Hacking commercial aircraft with an Android App (some conditions apply) Comms system used in the aviation industry contains no security, researcher says.