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by Alex Dobie
Mar 21, 2013
The past few weeks have seen some prominent lock screen security issues come to light on certain Android 4.1-based Samsung phones, including the Galaxy Note 2. Most recently, blogger Terence Eden wa...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 20, 2013
Another Samsung lock screen security issue has come to light today, potentially allowing someone with physical access to a Jelly Bean-based Samsung phone to bypass a pattern or PIN lock. Brought to ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 16, 2013
Sprint Epic 4G Touch, T-Mobile Galaxy Note 2 getting fixes so far
When word dropped in December about an exploit to the kernel used with some Samsung Exynos chipsets, Sasmung promised an up...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 14, 2013
Russ8611 writes,
Hello Androidcentral! I was just curious if any of you guys feel like reporting on the Java vulnerability and let us know how it affects Android as a platform. I know most...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 16, 2012
A new kernel exploit has been found (credit to alephzain at XDA) that affects some Samsung Exynos chipsets -- which happen to power many of Samsung's more popular phones. Normally kern...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 08, 2012
For the Android rooting and hacking community, the Sony Tablet S has been a tough nut to crack. Locked down with some pretty aggressive security controls, those wanting root access on the device hav...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 02, 2011
Researchers at N.C. State University have performed a study of eight Android phones (HTC's Legend, EVO 4G, and Wildfire S; Motorola's Droid and Droid X; Samsung's Epic 4G; and the Nexus ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 27, 2011
The folks at C Skills have done their magic again, this time with Gingerbread (and possibly Honeycomb) and have released GingerBreak. If you don't keep up with this sort of thing, the C Skills t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 16, 2011
Skype Profile info left vulnerable to malicious applicationsSkype on Friday issued a public response to a security issue uncovered recently that leaves some profile and message information open and vu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 24, 2011
Two researchers from George Mason University, Dr. Angelos Stavrou, and Zhaohui Wang, have demonstrated the ability to use a smartphone (a Nexus One, but Dr. Stavrou says this applies to the iPhone as ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 23, 2010
Another exploit that affects the Android web browser has been uncovered -- this time it affects all versions, including Froyo. What happens is the user clicks a link, a file is downloaded, and i...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 10, 2010
Last week,, security researchers at Alert Logic released the code to exploit the Android WebKit browser on phones and devices running Android 2.1 or earlier. The exploit isn't the most serious i...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 26, 2010
The Froyo (Android 2.2) update for the Evo 4G has been rooted. While the current method is a bit hairy and involves timing and a bit of luck, the directions look very straightforward, and ...
