René Mayrhofer, who led Google's Android platform security team as a director, has resigned over Google's deal letting the Pentagon use its Gemini AI for classified military work. In a blunt farewell ...

The president of the encrypted messaging app says autonomous AI agents, device scanning and digital advertising are ...

Google’s June 2026 Android system updates add WhatsApp backup controls, Play Protect checks, passkey portability, and Play ...

Zimperium's zLabs found Rokarolla, an Android banking trojan with 137 commands that steals PINs, intercepts SMS, hijacks crypto payments, and kills Play Protect.

Rokarolla targets 217 banking and crypto apps with 137 commands, enabling PIN, SMS code, and crypto payment theft.

Usually, you control your smartphone or tablet via the OS or app menus. However, certain functions can only be accessed using ...

Apple and Google start rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS chats in beta for iPhone owners and Android phone users. Patrick Holland Managing Editor As Managing Editor, I lead CNET's mobile team, ...

The codexui-android npm package silently exfiltrated OpenAI Codex auth tokens to an attacker server for a month, affecting 29,000 weekly downloads.

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. As part of iOS 26.5, Apple has finally added end-to-end encrypted RCS conversations with Android users in the Messages app. This has been one of the most ...

Apple and Google have finally (FINALLY!) released end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging between both ecosystems, a long-awaited upgrade that brings cross-platform privacy protections to perhaps the most ...

No more unencrypted cross-platform texts. The green bubble problem just got a little less problematic. Apple added RCS to iOS 18 under regulatory pressure — the EU's Digital Markets Act and similar ...

iPhone owners who want to text users of non-Apple devices more securely should install iOS 26.5, which Apple released on Monday. The update introduces support for end-to-end encryption when using Rich ...