Google has strengthened Android's brute-force protection with 36 password guesses before lockout and enhanced theft detection features rolling out this week.

Failed Authentication Lock, first seen in Android 15, is a feature that automatically locks your device's screen after excessive failed authentication attempts. To give you more control over your own ...

Google has introduced stronger Android authentication safeguards and enhanced recovery tools to make smartphones more challenging targets for thieves.

Android’s new anti-theft update adds stronger biometric checks, enhanced lockout rules, and expanded remote security tools to ...

Abstract: The Android Lock Pattern is a popular authentication technique because of its simplicity, ease, and security. Nonetheless, this authentication mechanism is vulnerable to several attacks ...

Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the open-source private branch exchange (PBX) platform FreePBX, including a critical flaw that could result in an authentication bypass under ...

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Apple’s iOS 26.2 brings a host of new features and improvements designed to enhance your iPhone’s performance, security, and usability. From optimizing network connectivity to introducing advanced ...

Apple is releasing another tool to dial down Liquid Glass’ transparency with its release of iOS 26.2, out now. With the update, users will be able to control the transparency of the Lock Screen’s ...

Google implemented a landscape-mode UI for the Phone app’s call interface earlier this year. At the time it was not clear if this change was even intentional, or what use cases it was meant for. In ...

A Safehouse in the Hills has added something really cool for longtime Grand Theft Auto Online players. As explained by RockstarIntel, thanks to this update, you can now install a Missile Lock-On ...

Newly discovered Android malware strain is targeting Spanish-speaking users in a campaign that can lock victims out of their phones and demand ransom, according to new research. A report from mobile ...