Researchers have demonstrated an attack that can crack 95 percent of Android pattern locks within the five attempts allowed. The side-channel attack, devised by researchers from China and the UK, uses ...

Imagine unlocking your phone in a cafe, unaware that a hacker is secretly videotaping you. Theoretically, they could crack your Android code by analyzing your hand movements with computer vision ...

Lancaster University, Northwest University in China and University of Bath have built their own vision algorithm software that can decode even the most secure pattern lock in just one attempt. The ...

Passwords have all kinds of letters, symbols, and capitalization can make a difference. This format makes them very secure. Meanwhile, a lock pattern is pretty much the making of a shape, and the ...

Add an additional layer of protection on your Android smartphone with a pattern lock which is a combination of moves between a grid of nine dots which is used as a password. Security for a smartphone ...

Lock patterns are a popular way to secure Android smartphones, as they are a lot easier to remember than PIN codes or text passwords. In fact, around 40% of Android owners opt for this lock method, ...

Jack Wallen walks you through the steps to get into your Android phone if you've forgotten your security pattern. Image: prima91/Adobe Stock The Android platform offers many ways to secure your data.