Are 80% Of Android Phones Vulnerable To Hacker Take-Over?
Are 80% Of Android Phones Vulnerable To Hacker Take-Over?
1 Share Share Tweet Share Share Share EmailLooks like Android phone owners have a new bug to worry about.According to reports this morning in The Next Web, a bug first discovered in version 3.6 of the Linus OS kernel (released about 4 years ago) makes it easy for hackers to cut off the phone from servers and apps.The reports further indicate that a particularly clever or enterprising hacker could use the exploit to spy on any unencrypted data traffic into and out of the phone, or use it to insert malware into the phone owner's data.
Report: Google Nexus Phones Offer Best Android Experience
Report: Google Nexus Phones Offer Best Android Experience
Wouldn't it be great if we could know which Android manufacturers have the best track record when it comes to things like crashes, update speed, and so on?A new report was just released by Apteligent, which compares device makers in a number of different ways, and then pools that data to find the best Android manufacturer out there.Related: Don't panic, but a bug in Linux is leaving 80 percent of all Android users open to hacksAccording to the report, rather unsurprisingly, Motorola is the fastest Android manufacturer to push out updated to Android.
900 Million Android Phones Have the QuadRooter Vulnerability. Yours Is Probably One of Them
900 Million Android Phones Have the QuadRooter Vulnerability. Yours Is Probably One of Them
An estimated 900 million Android devices have four newly discovered vulnerabilities collectively dubbed QuadRooter.Any of these vulnerabilities could potentially be exploited to give miscreants complete access to everything in a phone.The vulnerabilities were discovered months ago but announced to the world this week at the Def Con security conference in Las Vegas by security firm Check Point.
Android Phones and On The Go Cables
Android Phones and On The Go Cables1: A typical micro USB On The Go (OTG) Hub that connects USB peripherals to your Android phone or tablet.If you have an Android cell phone, I'll bet that you didn't realize that you had a "Swiss Army knife" in your pocket.It turns out that with the proper cable you can use just about any USB device with your phone.
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