Cybercrooks can crack your Android phone's unlock pattern in seconds Set a simpler unlock pattern if you want to keep your Android phone secure, say security experts.

New research from researchers in Sweden and the UK reveals that hackers would be able to steal the unlock pattern of your Android phone by turning the device into an improvised sonar system. Using ...

Android Jelly Bean Face Unlock 'liveness' check easily hacked with photo editing At the moment you're better off using a PIN, password or pattern unlock instead.

While Google had touted the security of Android’s pattern unlock mechanism for securing data and information on an Android smartphone–law enforcement officials were unable to crack their way ...

Android unlock patterns might be fun to use, but they're not that secure. A recent study from the U.S. Naval Academy and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County revealed that it's incredibly ...

One new study has quantified just how easy an Android-style unlock pattern—as opposed to a six-digit PIN or biometric unlock—makes the job of any over-the-shoulder snoop.

Researchers settle PIN versus pattern debate with study that proves a low-tech hack makes cracking an unlock screen simple.

Android unlock patterns are far less secure than PIN codes, a new study by security researchers from the U.S. Naval Academy and the University of Maryland Baltimore County suggests. Nothing beats ...

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

Android unlock patterns are easy to copy and less secure than fingerprint scanners and passcodes, research has revealed.

Pattern-screen locks on Android phones are secure, apparently so much so that they have stumped the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The bureau claims in federal court documents that forensics ...