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May 13, 2026 at 06:55 UTC
Android Adds Intrusion Logging for Sophisticated Spyware Forensics
By [email protected] (The Hacker News)
AI Summary
Google unveiled Android Intrusion Logging, an opt-in forensic feature developed in collaboration with Amnesty International, available within Advanced Protection Mode to capture persistent, privacy-preserving logs for post-compromise spyware analysis. This marks the first native device-vendor feature specifically designed to aid forensic detection of sophisticated commercial spyware like Pegasus-class tools. The feature is shipping as part of Android 17 and addresses a long-standing gap that has forced researchers to rely on third-party tools like MVT for spyware forensics.
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