Your Android phone might be hacked without you knowing. Update now to fix these critical security issues

Google has released an emergency Android security update after discovering two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to access user data without any interaction from the victim. The April 2025 patch, which started rolling out on Monday, is aimed at fixing 62 different vulnerabilities—two of which are considered especially dangerous.

The most serious issue, tracked as CVE-2024-53197, is a privilege escalation flaw in the USB-audio driver of the Linux kernel used by Android. According to Google’s security bulletin, it…