Tag Archive for: OEMs

Android OEMs slow to roll out Bluebox Security patch – ZDNet (blog)

Android OEMs slow to roll out Bluebox Security patch
ZDNet (blog)
The scary news was that Bluebox Security had worked out a way to break Android's security model. In theory, this could be exploited with almost any Androids apps. The hopeful news was that Google quickly released a patch for the security hole to phone 

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Google patches recent Android security hole, already distributed to OEMs – androidandme.com

Google patches recent Android security hole, already distributed to OEMs
androidandme.com
Google quickly updated Play Store security to prevent apps from allowing modification. Apps downloaded from the Play Store are completely safe. If you pirated apps or used third party app markets, you were at risk. Samsung had fixed the issue in the

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Google releases fix to OEMs for Blue Security Android security hole – ZDNet (blog)


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Google releases fix to OEMs for Blue Security Android security hole
ZDNet (blog)
Summary: Google has found a fix for a vulnerability in Android's security model that could allow attackers to convert 99 percent of all applications into Trojan malware. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for Linux and Open Source
You Need Mobile Security for Android, But Not Because of MalwarePC Magazine
Android Security Flaw Allows Malicious Code To Go UnseenNewsFactor Network
Serious Android Flaw Could Turn Mobile Apps MaliciousCRN
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