This Week in Security: Android Exposes ADB, ShinyHunters Get Paid, Robot Dogs, and More
This week in security highlights several vulnerabilities and patches affecting Android and other software. A critical bug in Android's ADB has been patched, but risks remain for vendors slow to release updates. Additionally, vulnerabilities were found in Curl and Exim, with the latter allowing arbitrary code execution without authentication.
- ▪Android has patched a critical ADB bug in its May security update.
- ▪A vulnerability in Exim allows arbitrary code execution with a CVE score of 9.8.
- ▪Curl's recent vulnerability was classified as 'not particularly dangerous' and will be fixed in an upcoming patch.
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This Week In Security: Android Exposes ADB, ShinyHunters Get Paid, Robot Dogs, And More No comments by: Mike Kershaw May 18, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Google has patched an Android ADB bug in the May security patch set. If you have a Pixel phone you should already have the patches, and most other major manufacturers should be close behind. Unfortunately, the biggest risk from this patch will be to the vendors who are also the least likely to release timely – or any – security updates. ADB, the Android Debug Bridge, is the main tool for installing apps during development and debugging apps while they’re running. It can also be used to side-load apps from a PC.
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