Firmware attacks aren't widespread and are usually highly targeted -- but Google is reacting to what it describes as a rise in cybersecurity research that uncovers vulnerabilities in Android ...

Kenwood has recently released a new firmware update for some of its head units, and this time the focus has been on improving the experience with both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.

Android’s new firmware brings LE Audio support (the fancy, low-power, low-latency standard). A compatible headset drops latency below 30 ms, so you hear footsteps and gunfire in near-real time.

Since firmware exploits can happen everywhere, Android was reminded that it should bring an auto-reboot feature that will make firmware exploitation a chore. Denny Müller from Unsplash ...

Since firmware is often working with significantly less memory and processing power than the Application Processor that hosts Android, security fixes can significantly increase memory usage and ...

Google has presented a plan to strengthen the firmware security on secondary Android SoCs (systems on a chip) by introducing mechanisms like control flow integrity, memory safety systems, and ...

Security Google android firmware Google is hardening Android security at the firmware level An arduous but necessary task to improve security for over 2.5 billion active users By Adrian Potoroaca ...