Google is introducing new anti-theft features for Android users in the US, including Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock, and Remote Lock to enhance phone security.

The Pixel 9 series now includes defenses like Bounds Sanitizer, Integer Overflow Sanitizer, Stack Canaries, Control Flow Integrity (CFI), and Auto-Initialize Stack Variables to enhance security.

The GSM Association is working on implementing end-to-end encryption for Rich Communications Services (RCS) messaging between Android and iOS. This important step aims to enhance user protection and secure messages across platforms.

Apple and Google have joined forces to develop an industry specification that will allow users across iOS and Android to be alerted if a Bluetooth tracking device is being used to unknowingly track their location.

The initiative is designed to mitigate the threat of consumer-grade devices being targeted by commercial spyware, potentially enabling sophisticated threat actors to use these as a stepping stone into back-end corporate systems and data.

Additionally, the tech giant reports that it identified and blocked 333,000 Google Play accounts that uploaded malware, fraudulent apps, or engaged in repeated grave policy violations.

GSM Association’s Fraud and Security Group (FASG) has published the first version of a framework for describing, in a structured way, how adversaries attack and use mobile networks, based on the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used.

Google is collaborating with the Singapore government to roll out a new security feature in Google Play Protect to block the installation of potentially risky side-loaded apps, aiming to protect Android users from malware-enabled scams.

Many apps abuse the background processing feature to transmit device data to their servers, potentially enabling fingerprinting and persistent tracking, which is strictly prohibited in iOS.

The presence of spyware, such as Pegasus, Predator, and Reign, can be identified by examining the Shutdown.log file for anomalous log entries related to processes delaying the reboot.