Android devices are vulnerable to a new attack that can covertly steal two-factor authentication codes, location timelines, ...

Pixnapping is a newly disclosed class of side-channel attacks that targets Android smartphones. The attack, conceived by researchers, would allow a malicious app to leak secret ...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new type of attack that affects Android devices, and they say it lets hackers get ...

A new side-channel attack called Pixnapping enables a malicious Android app with no permissions to extract sensitive data by ...

Google has only partially mitigated the attack, which involves using a malicious Android app to secretly discern the two-factor codes generated by authenticator apps.

Pixnapping was performed on five devices running Android versions 13 to 16: the Google Pixel 6, Google Pixel 7, Google Pixel 8, Google Pixel 9, and Samsung Galaxy S25. However, it is possible that ...