Vendors have been shipping Android products with Android Debug Bridge enabled, making them attractive targets for hackers.

New Matryosh botnet is targeting Android systems that have left their ADB debug interface exposed on the internet. Written by Catalin Cimpanu, Contributor Feb. 3, 2021 at 10:00 p.m. PT ...

However, some might prefer to use the ADB interface through a computer. The setup process involves more than the on-device wireless debugging feature introduced with Android 11.

Since adding support last week, the number of Android devices running an exposed ADB interface —indexed by Shodan— has grown from around 1,100 on Friday to over 15,600 on Monday, and the ...

Researchers discovered a cryptocurrency mining botnet that uses the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) Wi-Fi interface and SSH connections to hosts stored in the known_hosts list to spread to other devices.