The screen lock on your HTC Evo smartphone is designed to keep others from picking up your device and accessing your information. If you forget your password or combination, the device doesn't have a ...

A vulnerability exists in Samsung devices running Android version 4.1.2 that could give unauthenticated users the ability to circumvent the screen lock and view the home screen, run apps, and reach ...

Another day, another smartphone lock screen bypass vulnerability. This time a flaw in a popular messaging application for the Android mobile platform is to blame. Viber, which is similar to Skype in ...

It’s only been a few weeks since the first lockscreen hack was discovered on iOS 6.1, but some researchers have already discovered a new way to bypass the iPhone’s lockscreen without entering the ...

Apple might be working on making iOS more secure than ever, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t bugs in the operating system that hackers can exploit to access data on the device. One such newly ...

It took more than a month for Apple to fix a flaw with iPhone and iPad lock screens that allowed hackers to easily break into a user's iOS 6.1-powered device. In just a few button presses and key taps ...

Apple fixed a recently unearthed lock screen bypass with the release of iOS 15.0.1, but failed to publicly recognize the weakness or the person who discovered it. In September, researcher Jose ...

Part 1: Factory Reset Protection (FRP): Can FRP be disabled? Factory Reset Protection, often known as FRP, is a built-in security feature that you can use to protect both your device and the ...

Apple has reportedly fixed a vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to bypass the passcode on iPhone 6s and 6s Plus running iOS 9.3.1 in order to access the address book and photos. The bypass ...

McAfee Labs reports that Microsoft fixed a problem with Cortana that allowed anyone to read sensitive information on the Windows 10 lock screen and bypass the screen altogether. At the core of the ...

If you purchased a second hand iPhone, you can go for remove iCloud activation lock without password from their account using the following steps: Sign in to iCloud, come with your Apple ID. Go to ...

Editor's note: We have updated this piece, first published on September 19, following reports that this bug also allowed access to contact data. See below for updates. Just one day after Apple's ...