Security researcher David Schutz discovered an easy Android lock screen bypass by accident after he managed to lock himself out of a Pixel 6 smartphone. The vulnerability was found after Schutz had ...
Maybe you want to factory reset your Android device to sell or gift it to a friend, but you’ve forgotten your Google account password. The panic sets in as you realize your once-reliable Android phone ...
Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...
It all started when Schutz’s Pixel 6 gave up on him and quickly ran to charge the battery, only to find out that the phone was asking for the PIN code for the SIM card. He did not remember the PIN, ...
Another day, another smartphone lock screen bypass vulnerability. This time a flaw in a popular messaging application for the Android mobile platform is to blame. Viber, which is similar to Skype in ...
You might think that using your fingerprint or face to unlock your phone is more secure than using your PIN. But you could be wrong. Hackers have developed sophisticated Android malware that can ...
A new variant of an Android banking Trojan has appeared that can bypass biometric security to break into devices, demonstrating an evolution in the malware that attackers now are wielding against a ...