The rapid evolution of technology has given rise to a new kind of threat: rogue apps that exploit microphone access to eavesdrop without authorization. These pose a substantial risk to our privacy and ...

One app in three accesses location, and two in three track users' identities, a study by CNIL and INRIA found Android apps really do use those permissions they ask for to access users’ personal ...

Security firm FireEye is warning Apple users about a flaw in which downloaded malicious apps can replace genuine iOS apps, an exploit the security firm is dubbing the "Masque Attack." See Also: How ...

Parental control apps are marketed as essential shields against online dangers, but a growing body of research, litigation, and expert analysis reveals that these tools contain significant blind spots ...

The city of San Francisco has ordered Apple and Google to remove dozens of “nudify” apps — software programs that can digitally alter pictures to unclothe the people in them — from their app stores.