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  2. Android 15 will make it harder for phone thieves to steal ...

    www.engadget.com/android-15-will-make-it-harder...

    If an Android 15 handset pinpoints one of these situations, the phone’s screen will quickly lock, making it much harder for the phone snatcher to access your data. A fallback Remote Lock feature ...

  3. A simple Android lock screen bypass bug landed a researcher ...

    techcrunch.com/2022/11/14/android-lock-screen...

    Google has paid out $70,000 to a security researcher for privately reporting an “accidental” security bug that allowed anyone to unlock Google Pixel phones without knowing its passcode. The ...

  4. Your Android phone could have stalkerware — here's how to ...

    techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/remove-android-spyware

    If you do not recognize a downloaded service in the Accessibility options, you may want to switch it off in the settings and remove the app. Some stalkerware apps are disguised as ordinary looking ...

  5. That time I got locked out of my Google account for a month

    techcrunch.com/2017/12/22/that-time-i-got-locked...

    Select approximate date when the account was created and click “Next”. Enter any contact email address that they have access to and finish the whole verification process. Please ensure that ...

  6. Android lock patterns as predictable as common passwords

    www.engadget.com/2015-08-22-android-lock-pattern...

    Well, turns out Android lock patterns (ALPs) are just as predictable. Norwegian University of Science and Technology graduate Marte Løge analyzed 4,000 patterns for her master's thesis and found ...

  7. Self-service password reset - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-service_password_reset

    Self-service password reset. Self-service password reset ( SSPR) is defined as any process or technology that allows users who have either forgotten their password or triggered an intruder lockout to authenticate with an alternate factor, and repair their own problem, without calling the help desk. It is a common feature in identity management ...

  8. Password cracking - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_cracking

    In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of guessing passwords [ 1] protecting a computer system. A common approach ( brute-force attack) is to repeatedly try guesses for the password and to check them against an available cryptographic hash of the password. [ 2] Another type of approach is password spraying ...

  9. Wi-Fi deauthentication attack - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_deauthentication_attack

    One of the main purposes of deauthentication used in the hacking community is to force clients to connect to an evil twin access point which then can be used to capture network packets transferred between the client and the access point. The attacker conducts a deauthentication attack to the target client, disconnecting it from its current ...