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Your Android phone is probably at risk from a security flaw that can harm 90 … – Metro

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Your Android phone is probably at risk from a security flaw that can harm 90 …
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The difficulty is that the market for Android security today is like the market for lemons. There is information asymmetry between the manufacturer, who knows whether the device is currently secure and will receive security updates, and the customer …
87.7% of Android Devices Are Insecure Due to Lack of Regular Security UpdatesWCCFtech (blog)
New Android Security Study Reminds Users to Just Update Their Phones AlreadyInverse
LG Found To Be Top OEM For Issuing Android Security PatchesUbergizmo
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Android security flaw lets attackers in using a large password – Engadget

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Android security flaw lets attackers in using a large password
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There have been plenty of security holes involving mobile device lock screens, but a recently discovered Android flaw may give you more reasons than usual to be cautious. The technique bypasses the lock screen on most versions of Android Lollipop by …
Google Patches Latest Android Lockscreen BypassThreatpost
Massive Android security vulnerability revealedMyBroadband
Researchers make easy work of Android lockscreen securityWe Live Security (blog)
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Researcher reveals remotely exploitable flaw in world’s most widely-used real-time OS

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A security researcher discovered a serious yet simple flaw in VxWorks, a real-time operating system for the Internet of Things, which an attacker could remotely exploit without needing any interaction with a user. The OS is used in everyday things like network routers to critical infrastructure as well in NASA’s Curiosity Rover on Mars and Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

Searching for VxWorks via Shodan reveals about 100,000 internet-connected devices running the OS, but VxWorks supposedly powers “billions of intelligent devices.” The researcher warned that the vulnerability “allows remote code execution on most VxWorks-based devices.”

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Apple iOS flaw Ins0mnia hides malicious apps which run forever

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However, as reported by Hack Read, the security issue is caused by the installation of a malicious jailbreak device tweak — and as you void your warranty and compromise your own security when you jailbreak a device, this has nothing to do with Apple …
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