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Slow patching puts Android users at further risk – InfoWorld

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Slow patching puts Android users at further risk
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Despite Google's obvious efforts to boost security in the Android ecosystem, hackers continue to find weaknesses — and carriers' and hardware makers' slowness in pushing Android security patches out to users isn't helping. One such vulnerability was …
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Proof-of-concept Android Trojan app analyzes motion sensor data to determine … – InfoWorld

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Proof-of-concept Android Trojan app analyzes motion sensor data to determine …
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Accelerometer and orientation sensor data are not protected under Android's security model, and this means that they are exposed to any application, regardless of its permissions on the system, the research team said in a paper (PDF) that was presented …

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Apple warned of phishing attack threat for Mac OS X, iOS developers – Infoworld

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Apple ‘s website for Mac OS X, iPhone , and iPad developers has a vulnerability that could lead to phishing attacks, according to a hacker group. The Apple website vulnerability could allow an attacker to specify a link to another site through a “redirect …
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Security researcher releases Web-based Android attack – Infoworld

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A computer security researcher has released code that could be used to attack some versions of Google’s Android phones over the Internet. The attack targets the browser in older, Android 2.1-and-earlier versions of the phones. It was disclosed Thursday at …
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