Whoops. Millions of Android phones are wide open to ******s
 

Whoops. Millions of Android phones are wide open to ******s
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All is **t well in Google Play.*

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 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...

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