Your encrypted messages are now under threat. Not only does new commercial spyware put your private content at risk, it can also compromise your phone, providing attackers with access to everything — ...

This is critical because U.S. federal agencies repeatedly warn that texting without the protection of end-to-end encryption ...

Mobile scams are a booming global business, powered by ever-more sophisticated AI tools that make phishing attempts and fraudulent calls difficult to spot. With hundreds of billions of dollars lost ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning iPhone and Android users of an ongoing scam and is advising users not to answer certain messages. The scam has been going on since April and involves ...

Android phones, and especially Pixel phones, are better at protecting consumers against scams than iPhone users, Google's Android team said in a report released on Thursday to mark the end of ...

Android users report far fewer scam texts than iPhone users, per Google’s survey data. Pixel and recent Android phones show stronger protection thanks to layered AI tools across Messages, Phone, Gmail ...

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Android’s AI-driven defenses are proving superior in the fight against mobile scams. The platform proactively blocks over 10 billion malicious messages monthly. New data shows Android users receive 58 ...