Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who’s Calling
2026-06-02T20:52:13Z•1dabc53ca8b39de1f4af17a9a433412de545a2de5e240d4990a5e64d6bf64e29
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What happened
A recent WIRED security roundup highlights multiple high-impact developments: Android 12+ gets a Dialer-based caller-confirmation feature to combat phone scams; researchers disclosed FROST, a browser-based SSD activity side-channel that lets websites infer hard-drive usage via JavaScript; TeamPCP is conducting large-scale software supply chain poisonings affecting GitHub and many organizations; realistic spear-phishing using real hotel reservations appears widespread after customer-data access at hundreds of hotels; and claims of a MyPillow hack and a live exploit published by Google for an un
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- 2026-06-02T20:52:13Z
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- Yes
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