Pixnapping: Side-Channel Vulnerability Allows Android Apps to Capture Sensitive Screen Data

Pixnapping: Side-Channel Vulnerability Allows Android Apps to Capture Sensitive Screen Data

A newly discovered class of attacks targets Android devices, allowing malicious apps to steal on-screen information from other apps using a technique known as pixel stealing. Dubbed Pixnapping, the attack leverages previously known side-channel vulnerabilities and affects virtually all apps, including Signal, Google Authenticator, Venmo, and many others. The Pixnapping attack begins when a victim…

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Bananas! Google's AI Image Tool Is Taking Over Its Apps

Bananas! Google’s AI Image Tool Is Taking Over Its Apps

Google is integrating its “Nano Banana” AI image-editing model into the Google Messages application. Evidence discovered within the app’s code indicates the planned introduction of AI-powered image generation features for personal and group chats. The Nano Banana model, an update to Google’s image-editing technology, has been noted for its ability to maintain subject likeness across…

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World's first truly free software phone? That's the FSF's new 'long game'

World’s first truly free software phone? That’s the FSF’s new ‘long game’

klyaksun/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways No one has managed to make a fully free software smartphone. Open-source and free software projects have had limited success. The problem is proprietary tech with no public documentation. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has unveiled a new initiative…

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