Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who’s Calling

This collection of Wired security stories highlights multiple high‑impact threats and defensive moves: Google’s Dialer will silently verify caller identity on Android 12+, an anti‑scam step; a new FROST side‑channel lets websites infer SSD activity from the browser, creating a novel web privacy/spy vector; TeamPCP is conducting large‑scale open‑source/supply‑chain poisoning (including GitHub), escalating software supply‑chain risk; attackers are leveraging stolen hotel reservation data for realistic spear‑phishing and fraud; location and telemetry data exposure is being used to track and end‑a