Google Pixel Phone and Microsoft Edge Hacked at PwnFest 2016

The brand new Android smartphone launched by Google just a few months back has been hacked by Chinese hackers just in less than a minute.

Yes, the Google's latest Pixel smartphone has been hacked by a team white-hat hackers from Qihoo 360, besides at the 2016 PwnFest hacking competition in Seoul.

The Qihoo 360 team demonstrated a proof-of-concept exploit that used a zero-day vulnerability in

Over 300,000 Android Devices Hacked Using Chrome Browser Vulnerability

A vulnerability in Chrome for Android is actively being exploited in the wild that allows hackers to quietly download banking trojan apps (.apk) onto victim's’ device without their confirmation.

You might have encountered a pop-up advertisement that appears out of nowhere and surprise you that your mobile device has been infected with a dangerous virus and instructs you to install a security

Over 1 Billion Mobile App Accounts can be Hijacked Remotely with this Simple Hack

Security researchers have discovered a way to target a huge number of Android and iOS apps that could allow them to remotely sign into any victim's mobile app account without any knowledge of the victim.

A group of three researchers – Ronghai Yang, Wing Cheong Lau, and Tianyu Liu – from the Chinese University of Hong Kong has found [PPT] that most of the popular mobile apps that support

Internet Traffic Hijacking Linux Flaw Affects 80% of Android Devices

An estimated 80 percent of Android smartphones and tablets running Android 4.4 KitKat and higher are vulnerable to a recently disclosed Linux kernel flaw that allows hackers to terminate connections, spy on unencrypted traffic or inject malware into the parties' communications.

Even the latest Android Nougat Preview is considered to be vulnerable.

The security flaw was first

Warning! Over 900 Million Android Phones Vulnerable to New 'QuadRooter' Attack

Android has Fallen! Yet another set of Android security vulnerabilities has been discovered in Qualcomm chipsets that affect more than 900 Million Android smartphones and tablets worldwide.

What's even worse: Most of those affected Android devices will probably never be patched.

Dubbed "Quadrooter," the set of four vulnerabilities discovered in devices running Android Marshmallow and earlier

Android Will Alert You When A New Device Logs-in Your Google Account

Google has rolled out a new feature for Android users to keep its users account more secure: Native Android Push Notification when a new device accesses your Google account.

Google has already been offering email notification for newly added devices, but since people usually ignore emails, the tech giant will now send a push notification to your device screen, giving you a chance to change

How to Crack Android Full Disk Encryption on Qualcomm Devices

The heated battle between Apple and the FBI provoked a lot of talk about Encryption – the technology that has been used to keep all your bits and bytes as safe as possible.

We can not say a lot about Apple's users, but Android users are at severe risk when it comes to encryption of their personal and sensitive data.

Android's full-disk encryption can be cracked much more easily than expected