Android's full disk encryption can be broken with brute force and some patience -- and there might not be a full fix available for today's handsets. This week, Security researcher Gal Beniamini ...

One of the easiest ways to protect your privacy and security on a smartphone is to set a passcode or biometric lock to enable disk encryption. That way if your phone gets lost or stolen, no one can ...

More than half of Android devices are vulnerable to encryption bypass attack, say researchers. A flaw in chipmaker Qualcomm’s mobile processor, used in 60 percent of Android mobiles, allows attackers ...

While Google develops its open source Android mobile operating system, the “original equipment manufacturers” who make Android smartphones, like Samsung, play a large role in tailoring and securing ...

The one topic of criticism Android could never outrun despite Google’s constant efforts has to be security and user data integrity. Threats have always managed to break into the most popular mobile ...

We may have thought that Android is just as safe as the iPhone when it comes to encryption, but it looks like Google's Android operating system has a critical flaw that can be exploited to decrypt a ...

Android smartphones, like other phones, send text messages in plain text. The text messages can be intercepted and read on the network. The text messages could also be read by anyone with access to ...

Although Google is yet to provide details, or even an official statement, a spokesperson for the company has told The Washington Post that it plans to make data encryption the default setting for the ...

Most people just stick with whatever default settings their stuff comes with, which is what makes default settings so important—almost all Android phones support encryption, but few actually use it.