Vendors have been shipping Android products with Android Debug Bridge enabled, making them attractive targets for hackers. Poorly configured Android devices, where the Android Debug Bridge is left ...

Researchers discovered a cryptocurrency mining botnet that uses the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) Wi-Fi interface and SSH connections to hosts stored in the known_hosts list to spread to other devices.

Vendors are shipping Android devices with open port setups that leave countless products open to attack. The port, 5555, is at the heart of an Android feature called Android Debug Bridge (ADB). This ...

Netlab, the networking security division of Chinese security firm Qihoo 360, said it discovered this week a new fledgling malware operation that is currently infecting Android devices for the purpose ...

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 ...

To use ADB with your Android device, you must enable a feature called "USB Debugging." Open your phone's app drawer, tap the Settings icon, and select "About Phone." Scroll all the way down and tap ...

After the news cycle recently exploded with the announcement that Google would require every single Android app to be from a registered and verified developer, while killing third-party app stores ...

There’s a severe vulnerability in the way that all versions of Android handle the restoration of backups that can allow an attacker to inject a malicious APK file into the backup archive. There’s a ...

Google has announced the Android M Developer Preview, which means that although it’s not quite ready for the public just yet, you can try the early version out for yourself if you have a compatible ...