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Google cuts back on Android security fixes – BBC News

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Google cuts back on Android security fixes
BBC News
In a blogpost, Mr Beardsley said Google's Android security team told him it would "welcome" a patch from the researchers if they produced one but would not be making one itself. It added that it would tell its Android partners about the bug even though …
Making sense of the latest Android security updates scareAndroid Authority (blog)
Google won't fix bug hitting 60 percent of Android phonesArs Technica
Google has flushed 930 million legacy Android users down a security toiletInquirer
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Google stops shipping security fixes for Android < 4.3 – The Spokesman Review (blog)

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Google stops shipping security fixes for Android < 4.3
The Spokesman Review (blog)
When Google stops shipping security and bug fixes for these devices, this means that known vulnerabilities can be exploited by hackers and others with ill intent, stealing personal, private data and/or turning the phone into a node for a giant botnet.

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Google Under Fire For Quietly Killing Critical Android Security Updates For … – Forbes

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Google Under Fire For Quietly Killing Critical Android Security Updates For …
Forbes
Android smartphone owners who aren't running the latest version of their operating system might get some nasty surprises from malicious hackers in 2015. That's because one of the core components of their phones won't be getting any security updates …
Making sense of the latest Android security updates scareAndroid Authority (blog)
Google Stopped Pushing Out Critical Android Security Updates For Nearly 1 …Android Headlines – Android News
Google puts 60 percent of Android users at risk with WebView security changesV3.co.uk
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Zero-day in Windows 8.1 disclosed by Google

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A new zero day vulnerability has been disclosed in Microsoft Windows 8.1. Who is behind releasing the attack code behind this flaw? Google.
Naked Security – Sophos