If you’re an Evil Customs Agent or other nefarious Three Letter Agency Person, you’re probably very interesting in getting data off people’s phones. Even if the screen is locked, there’s a way around ...

The security community raised the alarm regarding a serious issue last week —that of Android devices shipping with their debug port open to remote connections. The issue is not new, being first ...

While we are all still digging through all the changes in Android 4.2.2, we’ve found one new change that relates to security. In Android 4.2.2 there is a new featured called USB Debugging whitelist.

Android Debug Bridge (ADB) is a powerful and versatile tool that allows you to do many things like find logs, install and ...

A striking statistic underlines the stakes: users who sideload apps are 80% more likely to have malware on their devices than ...

Google is adding an optional Android 16 feature to disable USB data access when the phone is locked for enhanced security. This protects against attackers from using USB devices to extract data or ...

The use of Android-based mobile Internet devices (MIDs), tablets, and other products has been growing tremendously since 2008, with Android devices occupying 70% of the mobile market today. Similarly, ...

If you're ever in a place where you need internet in a pinch, or your home network is down, you can actually rely on your Android phone for a temporary connection. USB tethering allows you to connect ...

A utility that lets users customize their Android devices without requiring root access (see Android rooting). For example, depending on the Android OS version ...