Android's New Feature Blocks Fraudsters from Sideloading Apps During Calls

Google is working on a new security feature for Android that blocks device owners from changing sensitive settings when a phone call is in progress. Specifically, the in-call anti-scammer protections include preventing users from turning on settings to install apps from unknown sources and granti...

The Privacy Danger Lurking in Push Notifications

Plus: Apple warns about sideloading apps, a court orders NSO group to turn over the code of its Pegasus spyware, and an investigation finds widely available security cams are wildly insecure...

Threat Source newsletter (April 21, 2022) — Sideloading apps is as safe as you make it

By Jon Munshaw. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Threat Source newsletter. If you pay attention to the video game community as much as I do, you’ve been closely following the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Epic over the sale of “Fortnite” on the Apple App Store. I promise... This is...