With this port of the Android Debug Bridge, anyone can take advantage of the existing hacks and hardware written around the ADB to build something completely new.

The ADB (Android Debug Bridge) is a powerful command line tool created by Google for Android developers. ADB allows developers to debug their applications with an assortment of useful commands.

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.

The security community raised the alarm regarding a serious issue last week —that of Android devices shipping with their debug port open to remote connections.