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Dangerous new Android malware is adding fake contacts to your phone while draining bank accounts

A new Android malware strain is making the rounds online that makes it incredibly difficult to distinguish who’s actually calling you as it was recently updated with the ability to add fake contacts ...
Android Authority

Android 17 is building a new Contacts Picker to keep your address book private

Google is developing a new Contacts Picker tool for Android 17 to fix the current all-or-nothing contacts permission. This tool will allow you to share specific contacts with an app, rather than your ...
Forbes

Warning Issued As Android Attack Turns Your Contacts Into Hackers

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. No sooner has Google published a critical threat advisory ...
Forbes

Google’s New Android Update — 3 Things Your Phone Can No Longer Do

Android security update adds preventative user blocks. Update, May 16, 2025: This story, originally published May 14, has been updated with news of more security features that have either arrived or ...
Bleeping Computer

Android malware Crocodilus adds fake contacts to spoof trusted callers

The latest version of the 'Crocodilus' Android malware has introduced a new mechanism that adds a fake contact to an infected device's contact list to deceive victims when they receive calls from the ...