A fresh threat to Android devices has managed to infect thousands of devices in days, researchers warn. In a blog post published Sunday, cybersecurity researcher Wang Hui from 360Netlab said a strain ...

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. The issue is not new, being first ...