Your Android phone may seem entirely secure when it’s locked, but that’s not necessarily true. Unless you adjust the right settings, the lock screen can allow access to messages, controls, and ...

You need that text field because the hack relies on pasting text into that field to crash the lock screen. You can see in the video below how the hack works.

November’s security update is particularly important for Pixel owners as it addresses a relatively low-skill bypass of the user’s lock screen.

The vulnerability was discovered by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and affects devices running Android Lollipop 5.0 and above.

A new lock screen bypass technique requires little more than typing a long string of characters and repeatedly pressing the camera shutter button.

Samsung is understood to be working on a software fix for a new lock-screen hack that has been identified by Terrence Eden. The hack allows unofficial access to PIN-secured Galaxy smartphones ...

Smartphones running Android Lollipop are vulnerable to a newly disclosed Android lockscreen hack ...

A scarily simple new hack can get criminals straight through password protection on Android phones. It means that, for instance, thieves could break into stolen phones and access private ...

New Android lockscreen hack gives attackers full access to locked devices Lockscreen bug is fixed in latest Android build, but availability is spotty.

A critical flaw in an Android app downloaded as many as 100 million times allows attackers to take full control of handsets even when they're protected by screen locks.

The security flaw was discovered on Android 4.1.2 and demonstrated on a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 smartphone. Terence Eden, a mobile enthusiast, posted the smartphone lock bypass technique on his ...