Like most hacks, this discovery of a way to find an Android phone’s Google Wallet PIN requires a lot of initial access but is disturbing nonetheless. Google knows about the hack and is repairing it.

MOUNTAIN VIEW (KRON) — New Android vulnerabilities put more than 1 billion devices at risk of remote hacking. The flaws are located in Android’s media processing components, and they can be exploited ...

A company that acquires and sells zero-day exploits — flaws in software that are unknown to the affected developer — is now offering to pay researchers $20 million for hacking tools that would allow ...

Drive-by exploits install ransomware on outdated Android devices using a stolen Hacking Team exploit and the first weaponized Towelroot attack. A menacing wave of ransomware that locks up Android ...

Software bugs that allow attackers to bypass smartphone lockscreens are common enough for both Android and iOS devices, but like a fender bender on the highway, many of us can't resist the urge to ...

Researchers from Cambridge University have succeeded in capturing both PIN numbers and card details from supposedly tamper-proof PIN terminals. Saar Drimer and Steven Murdoch, overseen by Professor ...

A security company is warning that PIN terminals across the country are dangerously open to thieves wanting to steal your card details. Richard Trenholm was CNET's film and TV editor, covering the big ...