A New Attack Lets Hackers Steal 2-Factor Authentication Codes From Android Phones

Android devices are vulnerable to a new attack that can covertly steal two-factor authentication codes, location timelines, ...

Researchers expose critical Android flaw allowing apps to steal sensitive data

Researchers have revived a 12-year-old data theft technique, now called Pixnapping, that lets malicious Android apps steal ...

Pixnapping attack can steal 2FA codes from Android devices using onscreen pixels

Google has assigned the issue CVE-2025-48561 (CVSS 5.5) and shipped mitigations in the September 2025 Android Security Bulletin, warning that spammy blur requests can both indicate and enable pixel ...

Android security flaw lets hackers steal 2FA codes and chats

It can nick whatever's visible on your screen, think two-factor codes, chat threads, or location timelines, in under 30 ...