Android Debug Bridge

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2019
Android Botnet leverages ADB ports and SSH to spread

Trend Micro recently discovered an Android crypto-currency mining botnet that can spread via open ADB (Android Debug Bridge) ports and Secure Shell (SSH).  Security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered an new Android crypto-currency mining botnet that spreads via open ADB (Android Debug Bridge) ports and Secure Shell (SSH).  The Android Debug Bridge (adb) is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2018
Android Debugging Tools Also Useful for Compromising Devices, Mining Cryptocurrency

It is common for developers to use debugging tools with elevated privileges while they are trying to troubleshoot their code. But crooks can abuse them too. In an ideal world, all of the security controls are applied and all of the debugging tools are removed or disabled before the code is released to the public. […]