Google unveils new Android security tool looking to help spot spyware attacks
- Google introduces Intrusion Logging to help analyze spyware intrusions
- Logs daily events like unlocks, installs, server connections, ADB use, and tampering attempts, stored encrypted in user’s Google cloud account
- Part of Advanced Protection Mode, currently opt‑in and limited to Pixel devices on Android 16+, with broader rollout planned
Google has introduced a new Android feature aimed at helping security researchers analyze spyware intrusions.
Called Intrusion Logging, the feature is currently available to select models, with a wider range being available soon.
In a blog outlining its numerous new privacy and security tools for Android, Google said Intrusion Logging works by creating and collecting logs once a day, and then storing them, in encrypted format, in the users’ Google cloud account.
Boost to Android security
The logs show when the phone was unlocked, when different apps were installed/uninstalled, when the device connected to websites and servers, when the phone was connected...
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