1.4 billion Android devices vulnerable to hijacking thanks to Linux TCP bug
About a week ago, we learned that most people on the Internet were open to attack thanks to a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) implementation flaw in Linux.Zhiyun Qian, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of California at Riverside, warned that it doesn't take a tech genius to exploit the Linux flaw."It can be done easily by anyone in the world," he said.
Flaw puts 1.4 billion Android devices at risk of spying attack, experts warn - Story
- A Linux flaw that lets attackers hijack internet traffic also affects nearly 80 percent of Android devices, security researchers warned this week.Mobile security company Lookout reports that the recently discovered Linux flaw could impact around 1.4 billion Android devices."The vulnerability lets attackers obtain unencrypted traffic and degrade encrypted traffic to spy on victims," explained Lookout Security Researcher Andrew Blaich, in a blog post Monday.
How to deploy files to all enrolled Android devices with Miradore
Image: Jack WallenIf you're looking for a Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution, and have yet to settle on one, I thought I might highlight a feature found in the Enterprise edition of Miradore that could sway you into adopting either this MDM tool or another.The feature I want to walk you through is file deployment.With this you can easily push a file to all enrolled Android devices (it doesn't work with iOS devices) with a few clicks from within the Miradore dashboard.
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