India, Jan. 15 -- India's cyber security agency has asked Android smartphone users to install the latest system updates after Google addressed a security issue linked to Dolby audio software. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, known as CERT-In, issued the advisory after Google released its January security patch to fix the problem.

According to CERT-In, the flaw affected the Dolby Digital Plus Unified Decoder used in many Android devices. The issue first came to light in October 2025 and allowed unauthorised access to affected systems. In some cases, attackers could run commands on a device without the user taking any action. Reports also indicated that the same weakness affected some Windows systems.

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