Google issues ‘critical' alert over horrifying ‘no touch' hack that hijacks your mobile without you doing ANYTHING
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GOOGLE has issued a 'critical' alert to users as hackers launch a 'no touch' scheme to hijack their victim's mobile phones.
The tech company is launching an urgent security patch to plug the hole in the security of a major phone brand's technology.
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Google has launched an urgent update to protect Android users
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The update prevents hackers from taking over your phone
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The software firm regularly releases security updates for Android devices, which are designed to cover tech vulnerabilities.
The brand's security update covered 34 defects in June, 47 in May and 62 in April.
However, the August update covers a major vulnerability which could be devastating to your device.
The CVE-2025-48530 update covers a critical remote code execution vulnerability which allows hackers to hijack your mobile without additional execution privileges.
That means scammers could access your phone without ever touching it, whenever they want.
Also, the update will cover the CVE-2025-22441 and CVE-2025-48533 vulnerabilities.
With both of those defects, user interaction isn't needed either which means hackers could strike from anywhere without needing to trick phone owners.
None of these vulnerabilities are being actively exploited at the moment, meaning Google has moved at pace to plug the hole in the security of users' devices.
Android provides its customers with its own security updates too, to give its devices an added layer of security.
The news comes after Google pulled its support for three Android devices, leaving them vulnerable to future cyber flaws and hacking.
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Typically, security support for a device is pulled when it reaches seven years of age.
In this latest security cull, Google Pixel 3a, Samsung Galaxy S10 series, and OnePlus 7 will no longer receive security updates from Google.
Meanwhile, Google has overhauled its iconic logo as it turns its focus to its Gemini AI technology.
The older design featured four main blocks of colour forming the letter G, where the new design sees the colours blurring together.
Before this, the brand spelled out its name series of letters painted in green, yellow, red and blue for its logo.
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