Android has been around for over a decade, with the OS steadily gaining maturity over the years as it found its way onto the best smartphones. Most people recognize Android as the operating system ...

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, ...

I just noticed that the App Store app installs applications I "purchase" with it as chmod root. I'm a bit surprised by this, as it does not ask for an admin password when installing, and on a Unix (OS ...

The free app for all Android phones will let you know who, and potentially why, a random phone number is calling. Jason Cipriani Contributing Writer, ZDNet Jason Cipriani is based out of beautiful ...

We continue to investigate a phenomenon where normal applications inexplicably run with root privileges. As noted yesterday, this is a potentially serious security concern, as apps running with such ...

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 ...