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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 ...
