Report: Half of Android devices have unpatched holes – CNET

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Report: Half of Android devices have unpatched holes
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More than 50 percent of Android devices have serious vulnerabilities that are unpatched because carriers are often slow to update the software, a mobile security researcher says. "Since we launched X-Ray [Android app used for scanning for …
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Researchers Demo NFC Android Phone Hack – TechWeekEurope UK

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Researchers Demo NFC Android Phone Hack
TechWeekEurope UK
Android security has come under the spotlight again after the Pwn2Own contest in Amsterdam revealed a hack via a technology that promises easy payments. Using two vulnerabilities in the Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone, researchers from UK-based …

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Research Shows Half of All Androids Contain Known Vulnerabilities – Threatpost (blog)

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Research Shows Half of All Androids Contain Known Vulnerabilities
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The X-Ray app from Duo scans Android devices for a set of known vulnerabilities in a variety of the Android releases. Many of them are flaws that attackers have used in the last few months. The main issue with Android security and patches is that each …
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More Than 50% of Android Devices Need Software Patch, Security Firm SaysTechnoBuffalo
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10 common mobile security problems to attack – PCWorld

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10 common mobile security problems to attack
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When it comes to security, most mobile devices are a target waiting to be attacked. That's pretty much the conclusion of a report to Congress on the status of the security of mobile devices this week by watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office.
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