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04-29-2017, 06:40 AM
Whoops. Millions of Android phones are wide open to ******s
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According to a paper (https://eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2017/open_euro17.pdf) detailing the alleged flaw, the problem lies within apps that create open ports on cellphones. This is a k**wn and understood problem with computers, but hasn't before been systematically studied in smartphones. The University of Michigan team used a custom tool to scan 24,000 apps and found 410 potentially vulnerable applications — at least one of which has been downloaded millions of times. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/28/smartphones-hack-android-open-ports-google-play/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A group of researchers has determined that hundreds of apps in the store have a gaping security hole that potentially allows ******s to implant malware and steal data from millions of Android smartphones.*
According to a paper (https://eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2017/open_euro17.pdf) detailing the alleged flaw, the problem lies within apps that create open ports on cellphones. This is a k**wn and understood problem with computers, but hasn't before been systematically studied in smartphones. The University of Michigan team used a custom tool to scan 24,000 apps and found 410 potentially vulnerable applications — at least one of which has been downloaded millions of times. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/28/smartphones-hack-android-open-ports-google-play/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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