Android is a good operating system whose developers truly care about security, but with so many OS versions and applications, keeping an eye on all of them is a tall order. Therefore, new ways to circumvent the built-in security mechanisms surface fairly often. The latest way to hack Android is called “Man-in-the-Disk,” and that is what we are going to talk about.

“Sandboxes,” the foundation of Android security

A key Android principle is that all applications must be isolated from one another. This is achieved through the use of so-called sandboxes. Each application, together with its private files, lives in a “sandbox” that other applications cannot access.