With the larger attack surface WebView brings to Android, it’s not just about whether an app will crash or content won’t render, it’s also about security.

The WebView vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript into the Android browser and, in some cases, other apps. In turn, it helps attackers gain the same level of control as the ...

The researchers tested AutoSpill against a selection of password managers on Android 10, 11, and 12 and found that 1Password 7.9.4, LastPass 5.11.0.9519, Enpass 6.8.2.666, Keeper 16.4.3.1048, and ...

They found that popular services such as 1Password 7.9.4, LastPass 5.11.0.9519, Enpass 6.8.2.666, Keeper 16.4.3.1048, and Keepass2Android 1.09c-r0 are susceptible to AutoSpill attacks, due to ...

Google, for example, only last year added support for Safe Browsing to work inside WebView. The feature was added in Android Oreo (8.0) but was not turned on by default, as developers specifically ...

Almost a billion users are still running Android 4.3, Jelly Bean, or earlier, but Google will no longer be developing security patches for Android's built-in Web browser WebView. Fortunately, that ...

The just-released and latest version of Google’s mobile operating system, Android 4.4 KitKat, has made a big change to the WebView component: it is now powered by Chromium.