Android users are being reminded to be careful about the files they open on their smartphones, after the discovery that harmless-looking image files could be harbouring malicious code.

What makes thee image deadly is not what it depicts but the format it's in. Specifically, Google reports that a carefully crafted image in PNG format, when opened, could let an attacker execute ...

Android users are being told to patch their Android OS Nougat (7.0), Oreo (8.0) and Pie (9.0) as soon as updates are available after a bug related to PNG images was found.

The good news is that Google has patched the problems with an update to Android. Unfortunately, many third-party device makers can takes months to roll out security patches to their own phones.

New Android Bug Can Let Hackers Attack Phone With PNG Image File The good news is that Google has patched the problems with an update to Android. Unfortunately, many third-party device makers can ...