Researchers at U.S.-based mobile security vendor NQ Mobile claim to have discovered the first rootkit designed to insert malicious apps into the install routines of legitimate software to give them ...

So, you’ve rooted your Android device and now you’ve been granted access to a host of Android subsystems that were formerly restricted. Since you’ve gone through the effort of rooting your Android, ...

Android (4.4+): Rooting your Android phone or tablet involves connecting it to the PC, using ADB, and several other steps. But developer geohot has now released Towelroot, a new tool that makes ...

Google’s Android operating system is riding a wave of popularity that has rapidly eclipsed Apple’s iOS, and by the end of 2010 it’s expected to overtake RIM’s BlackBerry as America’s leading ...

One of the best things about the Android platform is its customization and flexibility. Android lets you use it the way you want to, whether that means changing the launcher, using icon packs, or more ...

In recent years the practice of Android rooting, that is the process of allowing an Android phone or tablet to bypass restrictions set by carriers, operating systems or hardware manufacturers, has ...