Google's Android mascot. Flickr/Rob Bulmahn Android 5.0 "Lollipop," the latest version of the Android phone operating system, is vulnerable to a simple hack that involves typing in a password so ...

A security analyst has discovered a way to bypass the password lockscreen on an Android device and gain full access to the victim's phone, using nothing but a string of code.

The vulnerability was discovered by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and affects devices running Android Lollipop 5.0 and above.

New Android lockscreen hack gives attackers full access to locked devices Lockscreen bug is fixed in latest Android build, but availability is spotty.