Android is an operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google.
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Android API/development security pitfalls
What are the most important security issues that developers of Android apps need to know about? What are the biggest pitfalls or kinds of vulnerabilities that they need to watch out for? One ...
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Is Android's Password Screen Lock Enough Data Theft Protection?
With the exception of the SD card data, is Android's built-in password/pin/pattern screen lock enough to protect data stored in your phone's internal storage in case of theft? Or can a thief simply ...
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Best practices for securing an android device
Does anyone have any suggestions on securing an Android device? I'm not particularly interested in enterprise level software - I'm looking to secure my own ZTE Blade phone which has a lot of personal ...
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What risk does Carrier IQ pose, exactly?
There has been a lot of discussion about Carrier IQ, monitoring software that is pre-installed on many Android phones. Many allegations have been thrown out.
My questions: What exactly does Carrier ...
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Any useful tools for Android source code review? [closed]
I'm wondering if anyone has some recommendations for Android source code review which is Java based. For example, reviewing an Android app for security issues. Bonus for being F/OSS.
Fortify seems ...
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Which type of encryption algorithms android supports, and which would be better?
I read this documentation, and I have written an algo to encrypt and decrypt a string. But I don't know how many types of algorithms android supports.
Regarding DES and AES (As wiki documentation) ...
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Are there actually any advantages to Android full-disk encryption?
So, since Android 3, devices can perform boot-time, on-the-fly encryption/decryption of the application storage area (NOT the SDcard/removable storage) - essentially full-disk encryption. This ...
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iOS/Android Pen-Test
This question might be vague, that is because I am not sure where to start.
There are a lot of books and courses on pentest focusing on networks, systems, and OS such as windows, yet I haven't been ...
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Can Android phone running without SIM card be tracked (localized) by police?
I am running an Android phone without a SIM card. I am using it for web surfing.
Can the police localize my phone using the cell towers (BTS)?
In other words, I know Android phones emit radiations ...
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Android / CyanogenMod encryption vs GNU/Linux
Hi I am trying to understand how encrypting an Android based phone works compared to a GNU/Linux host which relies on LUKS dm-crypt.
Here is what I understand: Encrypted LVM on GNU/Linux is an ...
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Android, how to protect in case of theft
What are some steps to take into account to protect an Android phone in case of theft?
Smartphones are everywhere now, before the market was dominated by Blackberry and Windows Mobile. These days ...
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Data remanence on mobile devices
The methods in which data should be deleted is strictly enforced by the DoD as well as others security sensitive organizations. However, there are complications with deleting data on an SSD.
Given ...
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Is doing credit card transaction via 3G secure?
3G, GPRS or other mobile-based connection. Because it seems like it's easier to intercept, than, say, land-based connection or encrypted WiFi. If it matters, the transaction I want to perform is ...
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How can I use nmap to distinguish between a normal linux machine and an android device?
According to this link: here, nmap 5.2 onwards is now supposed to detect android smartphones. I am using nmap 6.01 but it only identifies android devices as running a linux kernel.
