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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Though unlock patterns used by Android phones may seem more random — and therefore more secure — than passcodes, they can be surprisingly easy to crack. While there are hundreds of thousands ...

Android phone lock patterns easy for criminals to crack, warn researchers Thieves can use finger-tracking software to work out how to unlock your handset ...

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

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 ...