The security community raised the alarm regarding a serious issue last week —that of Android devices shipping with their debug port open to remote connections.

Vendors are shipping Android devices with open port setups that leave countless products open to attack. The port, 5555, is at the heart of an Android feature called Android Debug Bridge (ADB).

New Matryosh botnet is targeting Android systems that have left their ADB debug interface exposed on the internet.

Android Debug Bridge (ADB) provides a terminal/command line based interface that helps users to interact between their PC and Linux-based Android gadget. ADB is required if a user wants to make ...