Failed Authentication Lock, first seen in Android 15, is a feature that automatically locks your device's screen after excessive failed authentication attempts. To give you more control over your own ...

Google has introduced stronger Android authentication safeguards and enhanced recovery tools to make smartphones more challenging targets for thieves.

Android is getting a host of new theft protection updates from Google, designed for users on Android 16+. The updates are ...

Google has improved the anti-theft features on Android 16 phones, enabling some protections by default in Brazil -- here’s ...

October 1, 2015, was the end of the deadline for U.S. citizens to switch to Chip-enabled Credit Cards for making the transactions through swipe cards safer. Now, a group of French forensics ...

Google is introducing a native App Lock feature for Android Automotive that lets you secure specific apps behind a PIN. Known as “sensitive app protection,” this feature allows you to lock third-party ...

Why this is important: For anyone who uses Chrome on Android and routinely switches between many tabs, this feature brings greater order and control. Before the update, if someone opens dozens of tabs ...

Besides digitally draining your bank account, hackers can now steal your card details to make cash withdrawals right from an ATM. The Polish Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT Polska) has ...

Android users are currently at risk of a scarily advanced malware that reportedly uses Meta's advertising platforms (like Facebook and Instagram) to hunt for users' PINs, messages, and other sensitive ...

A team of scientists from a Swiss university has discovered a way to bypass PIN codes on contactless cards from Mastercard and Maestro. The now-patched vulnerability would have allowed cybercriminals ...

A few days ago, my colleague Calvin shared an interesting fact about GrapheneOS: The custom ROM allows him to set a duress PIN that completely erases the phone when he enters it, including encryption ...