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Android Debug Bridge

Android Debug Bridge is Google's command-line tool for communicating with and controlling Android devices over USB or Wi-Fi for debugging and development.

Known aliases

  • ADB daemon
  • Wireless ADB

Relationships

No evidence-backed relationships are recorded.

Current stories

security6 publishers

ToxicPanda 2.0 Widens From 16 Apps to 140, and From Overlays to ADB Shell

Zimperium says the Android banking Trojan now abuses Accessibility to switch on wireless debugging and run commands through the ADB daemon. The target list is the smaller half of the story.

Perspective Coverage

6 publishers
Builder
Builder 28%
Operator
Operator 67%
Investor
Investor 5%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+12
Incentives55
Confidence64
security6 publishers

RatHat self-pairs Android's debug bridge to survive its own uninstall

Zimperium says RatHat uses an accessibility grant to switch on Wireless Debugging and read its own 6-digit pairing code, leaving native daemons at shell privilege that keep answering after the app is removed.

Perspective Coverage

6 publishers
Builder
Builder 32%
Operator
Operator 63%
Investor
Investor 5%

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+25
Incentives55
Confidence66
build1 publisher

Three undisclosed cloud hosts fielded 3,480 probes in 45 minutes

A developer rented boxes in Frankfurt, New York and Singapore, told nobody the addresses, and counted the knocks. One host on Korea Telecom's network sent nearly half the packets, so the background rate only appears once you subtract it.

Publishers:dev.to

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+8
Incentives18
Confidence55