While Google had touted the security of Android’s pattern unlock mechanism for securing data and information on an Android smartphone–law enforcement officials were unable to crack their way into the ...

Unlocking your Android handset lets you swap networks and customize apps. Advanced security like FRP (Factory Reset Protection) may make it difficult to unlock your phone after a reset. Unlocking your ...

A judge has approved a subpoena that asks Google to provide a wide range of Android cellphone data, including subscription information, web and GPS history, and instructions for overriding the phone’s ...

A new variant of Chameleon Android malware has been found in the wild with new features, notable among them the ability to bypass fingerprint locks. The Chameleon Android banking trojan first entered ...

Back in the early days of Android, people ooh-ed and aah-ed over every little thing, even the seemingly-innocuous pattern unlock feature. It appears that Google has bigger plans for that lockscreen, ...

Pattern-screen locks on Android phones are secure, apparently so much so that they have stumped the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The bureau claims in federal court documents that forensics experts ...

You probably know that using a PIN like 1234 or 0000 to secure your phone isn't a good idea. You can skip the PIN altogether and use an unlock pattern on Android... but it turn out those might not be ...

Attackers are able to bypass the lock screen on the Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone, a device that the Korean electronics giant is pitching to enterprise customers. First discovered by ...