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🔥 Old IoT devices are now botnet soldiers.
Hackers are hijacking end-of-life GeoVision gear & Samsung MagicINFO servers to spread Mirai malware, launching DDoS attacks via unpatched flaws (CVSS 9.8, 8.8).
Exploits live. PoC dropped. Attacks rising.
If you’re running outdated firmware—you’re already a target.
Read this report: https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/hackers-exploit-samsung-magicinfo.html
Hackers are hijacking end-of-life GeoVision gear & Samsung MagicINFO servers to spread Mirai malware, launching DDoS attacks via unpatched flaws (CVSS 9.8, 8.8).
Exploits live. PoC dropped. Attacks rising.
If you’re running outdated firmware—you’re already a target.
Read this report: https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/hackers-exploit-samsung-magicinfo.html
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Opera is rolling out a big update to its Android browser app that brings major tab management upgrades!
Opera v89 for Android adds:
- Three tab gallery layouts (carousel, grid, list)
- Tab Islands (basically tab groups)
- Tab search support
- Tab reopening
- Tab muting
These features have been in the beta version for a few weeks now, but they should now be available to everyone after updating.
(Disclaimer: Opera invited me to Lisbon last month to attend their Browser Days event. This was one of several announcements they previewed for me, but I'm not obligated to cover it.
I'm personally surprised the Android browser didn't have these features already, especially since it's been ahead of Chrome in many other ways!)
Opera v89 for Android adds:
- Three tab gallery layouts (carousel, grid, list)
- Tab Islands (basically tab groups)
- Tab search support
- Tab reopening
- Tab muting
These features have been in the beta version for a few weeks now, but they should now be available to everyone after updating.
(Disclaimer: Opera invited me to Lisbon last month to attend their Browser Days event. This was one of several announcements they previewed for me, but I'm not obligated to cover it.
I'm personally surprised the Android browser didn't have these features already, especially since it's been ahead of Chrome in many other ways!)
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🔋Google has confirmed that only the Pixel 9 series Pixel 8a will show Battery Health info!
The Battery Health menu was added in Android 16 Beta 3 for Pixel and shows your phone's remaining battery capacity as a %.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-battery-health-menu-missing-older-google-pixels-3554776/
Edit: Just to be clear: This likely isn't Google imposing some arbitrary limitation.
It's likely the Pixel 8a is the first phone with hardware support in the battery/charging IC to actually report the state-of-charge to the OS.
There are ways to estimate the capacity via software, but they wouldn't be as accurate.
The Battery Health menu was added in Android 16 Beta 3 for Pixel and shows your phone's remaining battery capacity as a %.
More details👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-battery-health-menu-missing-older-google-pixels-3554776/
Edit: Just to be clear: This likely isn't Google imposing some arbitrary limitation.
It's likely the Pixel 8a is the first phone with hardware support in the battery/charging IC to actually report the state-of-charge to the OS.
There are ways to estimate the capacity via software, but they wouldn't be as accurate.
Android Authority
Google leaves older Pixels behind for Android's long-awaited Battery Health menu
Google confirms its battery health feature won't come to older Pixel phones. Find out which devices will get it and which ones miss out.
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🥷 Google is working on an "Intrustion Detection" feature for Android 16
This feature collects various device events for off-device investigation of potential device compromise.
More details on what info is collected👇
🔗 https://androidauthority.com/android-16-intrusion-detection-3550583/
(I've been tracking this one for a while (back when it was called "forensic service"), but there wasn't enough info for me to report on it. Fortunately, the latest Play Services update gave AssembleDebug enough details to go ahead.)
This feature collects various device events for off-device investigation of potential device compromise.
More details on what info is collected👇
🔗 https://androidauthority.com/android-16-intrusion-detection-3550583/
(I've been tracking this one for a while (back when it was called "forensic service"), but there wasn't enough info for me to report on it. Fortunately, the latest Play Services update gave AssembleDebug enough details to go ahead.)
Android Authority
Android 16 could introduce an Intrusion Detection feature (APK teardown)
Worried about your phone or Google account being hacked? Well, it looks like Android 16 will have an Intrusion Detection feature.
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🔐 Here's our first look at Android's new Advanced Protection Mode page!
As I've mentioned repeatedly, Android 16 is adding an Advanced Protection Mode feature that turns on several security features (like disabling sideloading and USB data connections when locked) as well as provides an API for third-party apps to turn on their own security measures.
Although the Advanced Protection Mode feature + API are available in the Android 16 betas, there's no user-facing way to turn it on. However, @AssembleDebug managed to get the APM page to show up in Play Services.
This is just a guess, but I think Google will announce APM at I/O and then roll it out with or soon after the Android 16 stable release. This doesn't need an OS update to QPR1 or later to work.
For a full breakdown, check out AssembleDebug's post on Android Authority👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-advanced-protection-mode-screenshots-3550119/
As I've mentioned repeatedly, Android 16 is adding an Advanced Protection Mode feature that turns on several security features (like disabling sideloading and USB data connections when locked) as well as provides an API for third-party apps to turn on their own security measures.
Although the Advanced Protection Mode feature + API are available in the Android 16 betas, there's no user-facing way to turn it on. However, @AssembleDebug managed to get the APM page to show up in Play Services.
This is just a guess, but I think Google will announce APM at I/O and then roll it out with or soon after the Android 16 stable release. This doesn't need an OS update to QPR1 or later to work.
For a full breakdown, check out AssembleDebug's post on Android Authority👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-advanced-protection-mode-screenshots-3550119/
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1. Every reporter submitting security reports on #Hackerone for #curl now needs to answer this question:
"Did you use an AI to find the problem or generate this submission?"
(and if they…
1. Every reporter submitting security reports on #Hackerone for #curl now needs to answer this question:
"Did you use an AI to find the problem or generate this submission?"
(and if they…
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🔁 Check your Pixel phone: the May 2025 security update is rolling out!
FYI: This is likely the final Android 15-based update for Pixel phones. The next update should bring Android 16!
More details on this update👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-may-2025-software-update-3554974/
Also be warned that if you have a Pixel 6 or Pixel 8 series device, this update increments the anti-roll back version for the bootloader.
This means that once you update, you CANNOT downgrade to an older release! Doing so will brick the device!
FYI: This is likely the final Android 15-based update for Pixel phones. The next update should bring Android 16!
More details on this update👇
🔗 https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-may-2025-software-update-3554974/
Also be warned that if you have a Pixel 6 or Pixel 8 series device, this update increments the anti-roll back version for the bootloader.
This means that once you update, you CANNOT downgrade to an older release! Doing so will brick the device!
Android Authority
Google's May 2025 Pixel update fixes mic recording and Bluetooth pairing
Google is starting to rollout May 2025's Pixel software update. The rollout is happening in phases over the next week.
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Despite misleading marketing, Israeli company TeleMessage, used by Trump officials, can access plaintext chat logs
💡Update May 18, 2025: I described TeleMessage's trivial vulnerability in an article for WIRED: How the knock-off Signal app used by Trump officials got hacked in 20 minutes
Update May 19, 2025: Uh oh: DDoSecrets publishes 410 GB of heap dumps, hacked from…
Update May 19, 2025: Uh oh: DDoSecrets publishes 410 GB of heap dumps, hacked from…