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Hacker Finds a Simple Way to Bypass Android 5.x Lock Screen – Steps & Video

Security researcher and hacker, named John Gordon, has found an easy way to bypass the security of locked smartphones running Android 5.0 and 5.1 (Build LMY48M) The vulnerability, assigned CVE-2015-3860, has been dubbed as “Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Lockscreen” The secret behind the researcher’s “MAGIC TRICK” is as follows: Type a long string of numbers or special characters in the input field and copy-n-paste a large string continuously till its limit exhausts. After a moment, the app will crash and get you to the Home Screen of the device with all the encrypted and unencrypted data.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2015/09/bypass-android-lockscreen.html

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