Smartphone
Curated coverage and analysis in this editorial area.
Android 17 Locks Down PINs: Hard Cap Drops From 1,800 Attempts to 20
Android 17 introduces an absolute hard cap of 20 failed PIN attempts with duplicate-guess detection. Google drastically shrinks the br…
Commercial Spyware and Zero-Days: Smartphone Exploit Chains Are Now a Product
Zero-click exploit chains for iOS and Android have become commercial products. Bitdefender's dossier compiles confirmed cases and docu…
DarkSword and Coruna: Government-Grade Spyware Turns Mass Crime on iOS
Apple issued rare retroactive patches for legacy iOS versions to address two APT-grade spyware frameworks now weaponized in zero-click…
Samsung rlottie: RCE via Integer Truncation, Open-Source Patch Available
A short-vs-int type error in Samsung's rlottie graphics library enables remote code execution through a malicious animation file. A pa…