Securing your Android device with a lock screen is essential for privacy, but what happens when you forget the password or pattern? In this guide, we will explore four proven methods to unlock ...

A vulnerability exists in Samsung devices running Android version 4.1.2 that could give unauthenticated users the ability to circumvent the screen lock and view the home screen, run apps, and ...

Another day, another smartphone lock screen bypass vulnerability. This time a flaw in a popular messaging application for the Android mobile platform is to blame.

Tested on an Samsung Galaxy Note II with Android 4.1.2, an attacker can bypass the device's lock screen, albeit momentarily, to access functions and view data on the device.

ANDROID owners have been warned to update their smartphones immediately after an expert stumbled across a potentially dangerous security glitch. Bug hunter David Schütz says he was able to bypass ...

Cybersecurity researcher David Schütz unintentionally found a method to bypass the lock screen on Android phones, Bleeping Computer reports. He tested the bypass on his up-to-date Google Pixel 6 ...

Researchers from Lancaster University, Northwest University in China, and the University of Bath have found that Android's screen patterns aren't as safe as they seem to be, not even complex ones.

Jack Wallen walks you through the steps to get into your Android phone if you've forgotten your security pattern.

Pattern-screen locks on Android phones are secure, apparently so much so that they have stumped the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The bureau claims in federal court documents that forensics ...