Google publishes its Android Security & Privacy 2018 Year in Review

Google has published its fifth Android Security & Privacy Year in Review, this time looking back at 2018.  While the report draws attention to some of the security and privacy improvements the company has made, it is not just about Google blowing its own trumpet. The report shows that pay-outs made through Google rewards programs -- payments made to outside researchers and individuals for bringing security issues to the company's attention -- reached $3 million in 2018. Google also says that in the fourth quarter of the year, 84 percent more devices received a security update than in the same… [Continue Reading]