Google’s March 2026 Android update patches 129 flaws, including an actively exploited Qualcomm zero-day, and urges users to install 2026-03-05.

Abstract: We present WireWatch, a large-scale measurement pipeline to evaluate the network security of Android apps. WireWatch measures apps' usage of plaintext network traffic and non-standard, ...

Abstract: The rapid growth of digital media has increased the need to protect image data from unauthorized access, particularly in fields such as medical imaging, military communication, and online ...

Google and Apple today announced that testing of encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone is now underway.

After years of back and forth about blue bubbles and green bubbles, Apple finally addressed the need for better text messaging services between Android and iPhones with the introduction of RCS (rich ...

Apple has started testing end-to-end encrypted RCS in the first iOS 26.4 developer beta. RCS encryption currently works only between iPhones, not between iPhone and Android. Apple says full RCS E2EE ...

Apple has started testing the end-to-end encryption of RCS on the first developer beta of iOS 26.4 that will make it more secure cross-platform messaging. The new update was rolled out this week and ...

Apple’s latest iOS 26.4 beta is now available for iPhone owners, with an added perk for RCS messaging – end-to-end encryption. But, unfortunately, that doesn’t work with Android yet. Within the ...

Update, February 13, 2026 (02:39 PM ET): We’re a couple days behind schedule now, but Google has finally confirmed the arrival of Android 17 Beta 1. Update, February 11, 2026 (02:20 PM ET): While ...

Mere data exfiltration is no longer a lucrative approach for ransomware groups, and threat actors may increasingly rely on encryption to regain leverage, Coveware notes in a new report. Following a ...