If you’re an Evil Customs Agent or other nefarious Three Letter Agency Person, you’re probably very interesting in getting data off people’s phones. Even if the screen is locked, there’s a way around ...

The Android Debug Bridge (ADB) allows you to wirelessly issue commands to your phone, removing the need for cables. Wireless ...

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 ...

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 ...

The port, 5555, is at the heart of an Android feature called Android Debug Bridge (ADB). This is a feature which allows developers to communicate with devices remotely in order to control a device and ...

Over on the XDA developers forums, something really cool is happening. Android hacker extraordinaire [AdamOutler] has managed to port the Android Debug Bridge to the Raspberry Pi. The Android Debug ...

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.

Two botnet gangs are fighting to take control over as many unsecured Android devices as they can to use their resources and mine cryptocurrency behind owners' backs. The turf war between these two ...

A utility that lets users customize their Android devices without requiring root access (see Android rooting). For example, depending on the Android OS version ...

A new cryptocurrency-mining botnet malware is abusing Android Debug Bridge (ADB) and SSH, according to Trend Micro. “This attack takes advantage of the way open ADB ports don’t have authentication by ...