How Density-Based Locations Protect Rural Users

In the ever-changing landscape of mobile privacy, Google’s latest Android update fixes a long-standing vulnerability that disproportionately exposes rural users. Android 16 introduces a feature called density-based coarse location, designed to improve the privacy of “coarse” location sharing. This innovation adjusts the granularity of location data based on population density, ensuring that users in sparsely…

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New Android Malware “LANDFALL” Uses Samsung 0-Day Vulnerability Hidden in WhatsApp Images

Cybersecurity researchers at Unit 42 discovered a sophisticated Android spyware campaign that exploited a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy devices. The malware, dubbed LANDFALL, exploited a critical vulnerability in Samsung’s image processing library to provide commercial-grade surveillance capabilities via malicious image files sent via WhatsApp. The LANDFALL campaign exploited CVE-2025-21042a zero-day vulnerability in…

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