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Phone hacking is the practice of exploring a mobile device, often using computer exploits to analyze everything from the lowest memory and CPU levels up to the highest file system and process levels. Modern open source tooling has become fairly sophisticated to be able to "hook" into individual functions within any running app on an unlocked ...
Rooting [1] is the process by which users of Android devices can attain privileged control (known as root access) over various subsystems of the device, usually smartphones and tablets. Because Android is based on a modified version of the Linux kernel , rooting an Android device gives similar access to administrative ( superuser ) permissions ...
In January 2022, Bahrain was accused of using the Pegasus spyware to hack a human rights defender, Ebtisam al-Saegh. The prominent activist's phone was hacked at least eight times between August and November 2019. As per the Citizen Lab, following the hacking attempt, al-Saegh faced incidents where she was harassed by the Bahrain authorities.
Kali NetHunter is a free and open-source mobile penetration testing platform for Android devices, based on Kali Linux. [1] Kali NetHunter is available for non-rooted devices (NetHunter Rootless), [2] for rooted devices that have a standard recovery (NetHunter Lite), and for rooted devices with custom recovery for which a NetHunter specific kernel is available (NetHunter). [3]
The Android Debug Bridge (commonly abbreviated as adb) is a programming tool used for the debugging of Android-based devices. The daemon on the Android device connects with the server on the host PC over USB or TCP , which connects to the client that is used by the end-user over TCP.
Security researchers with U.S. cybersecurity firm Symantec said they have discovered a “highly sophisticated” Chinese hacking tool that has been able to escape public attention for more than a ...
In 2013, Russell Holly of Geek.com said "OmniRom is the ultimate Android tweaker ROM." [10] A later review said OmniROM is "one of the few community-focused Android builds available today that is focused on supporting as many devices as possible while adding new features as often as possible."
Dendroid is malware that affects Android OS and targets the mobile platform. [1] It was first discovered in early of 2014 by Symantec and appeared in the underground for sale for $300. [2] Certain features were noted as being used in Dendroid, such as the ability to hide from emulators at the time. [3]