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Tens of Thousands of Android Devices Are Exposing Their Debug Port

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 ...

RedHook Android malware now uses Wireless ADB for shell access

A new version of the RedHook Android malware abuses the Android Wireless Debugging (Wireless ADB) mechanism in a novel way to ...

RedHook malware just got scarier — it can now control your Android phone wirelessly

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Redhook Android malware can quietly hijack your phone

RedHook Android malware abuses wireless debugging and accessibility permissions to gain shell-level control after victims ...
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New ADB Debug Whitelist Feature in Android 4.2.2

While we are all still digging through all the changes in Android 4.2.2, we’ve found one new change that relates to security. In Android 4.2.2 there is a new featured called USB Debugging whitelist.