If you use an Android phone you may have heard of something called the USSD vulnerability. This allows a nasty piece of malicious software to reset your Android to its factory default settings and ...

Last week I wrote about an Android bug that would allow Samsung Galaxy S III to be wiped remotely just by visiting a malicious website. It has since been reported that a number of other Android ...

This security flaw allows cybercriminals to potentially take control of millions of unprotected Android-based smartphones, essentially any device running Android 4.1.x or lower, through a text message ...

A pair of Android vulnerabilities in ever version prior to KitKat could give an attacker the ability to make and end phone calls and send USSD codes using a malicious application. A pair of ...

The Android ecosystem got a jolt yesterday with the revelation that simple links — something you might merely open online — could trigger a complete wipe of some Android devices. Researcher Ravi ...

David is the former Editor-in-Chief of Android Police and now the EIC of Esper.io. He's been an Android user since the early days - his first smartphone was a Google Nexus One! David graduated from ...

The attack that can wipe data from Samsung devices when visiting a malicious Web page can also be used to disable SIM cards A variation of the recently disclosed attack that can wipe data from Samsung ...

A variation of the recently disclosed attack that can wipe data from Samsung Android devices when visiting a malicious Web page can also be used to disable the SIM cards from many Android phones, ...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ESET, the leader in proactive protection celebrating 25 years of its technology this year, today announced the release of a special free app, ESET USSD Control, ...

A variation of the recently disclosed attack that can wipe data from Samsung Android devices when visiting a malicious Web page can also be used to disable the SIM cards from many Android phones, ...