Up until a few days back, Paytm, the popular payments player in the country, would ask for root permission on an Android smartphone. Soon a report followed that informed that Paytm has decided to stop ...

Who needs administrative privileges on a network or website? The network admin obviously does. But others ask for root access, too, whether or not they truly need it. How should an admin—or the IT ...

There has been a lot of talk about rooting your Glass device, or if it’s even possible. Well, it is. During a Hacking Google Glass session today, the team shared the steps to go through to gain root ...

Giving users unlimited root access is dangerous. Fortunately, you can opt to implement the sudo tool, which will provide limited root access to trusted users. Read on as Jim McIntyre explains the ins ...

You may have heard of the term “rooting your phone” and you may have seen that some apps on the Google Play Store require “root” access to work. But what is root? What is “rooting” your phone and why ...

A flaw patched last week by Palo Alto Networks is now under active attack and, when chained with two older vulnerabilities, ...

Rooting is the quintessential need of any discerning Android user, as it offers SuperUser (SU) privileges with the ability to install the latest third-party custom ROMs, root apps and newest system ...

If you've bought a new Android phone, chances are it came pre-installed with some apps you don't care about. OEMs often partner with other brands and companies to pre-install their apps on their ...