Flaw in Older Version of Android Rooting Tool KernelSU Allows Full Device Takeover

Zimperium's zLabs team uncovers a critical security flaw in the popular Android rooting tool, KernelSU v0.5.7. Learn how…...

PT-2024-19855

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions No specific software or versions are mentioned in the provided descriptions. Description The issue involves memory corruption while handling user packets during a VBO bind operation. This has been discussed in the context of exploiting a GPU o...

First Android-Rooting Trojan With Code Injection Ability Found On Google Play Store

A new Android-rooting malware with an ability to disable device’ security settings in an effort to perform malicious tasks in the background has been detected on the official Play Store. What's interesting? The app was smart enough to fool Google security mechanism by first pretending itself to b...

Root android without PC - Base64 encoded String, Dangerous filesystem permissions, Exported ContentProvider vulnerabilities

HackApp vulnerability scanner discovered that application Root android without PC published at the 'play' market has multiple vulnerabilities...

Towelroot : One-Click Android Rooting Tool Released By Geohot

Waiting for the root access for your AT&T or Verizon Android phone? Then there is really a Great News for you! Geohot aka George Hotz - a famed cracker who was responsible for hacking the PlayStation 3 and subsequently being sued by Sony - has built and released a root tool called Towelroot on...

Developers Raise Bounty of $17,600 for First to Root Samsung Galaxy S5

It has been months ago since the release of Samsung’s latest Smartphone, Galaxy S5 and we have seen a portion of International units receive root, but a couple of the carrier variants including the developer edition of Samsung Galaxy S5 for Verizon and At&T hasn’t been in the list, sadly. The...