The Android Security 2015 Annual Report

Google has announcedthe availability of the Androidsecurity 2015 year in review [PDF]. "Android's open source modelhas also allowed device manufacturers to introduce new securitycapabilities. Samsung KNOX, for example, has taken advantage of uniquehardware capabilities to strengthen the root of trust on Samsungdevices. Samsung has also introduced new kernel monitoring capabilities ontheir Android devices. Samsung is not unique in their contributions to theAndroid ecosystem. Blackberry has worked to enhance the security of theirdevices by enabling kernel hardening and other features in the BlackberryPRIV. CopperheadOS has both introduced security improvements to their ownversion of Android and made significant contributions to the Android OpenSource Project. These are just some of the various contributions madepossible through open sourcing that improved the Android ecosystem in2015."