At the Black Hat conference being held in Las Vegas a new security flaw that threatens smartphones running Android was revealed.
The opportunity of the Black Hat conference, being held in Las Vegas, was seized by Check Point Software Technologies, cybersecurity specialist, to reveal a new security flaw that threatens smartphones running Android.
The threat comes from the remote using applications, used when the user encounters a problem and that can troubleshoot via special access to their smartphone. This was shown those who discovered the flaw is security “Certifi-gate”, threat baptismal name.
Check Point warns via a ticket dedicated to the issue on his blog that “if exploited,” Certifi-gate “allow malicious applications to discreetly access personal data.” And warn that hackers could then locate the hacked phone or record telephone conversations.
What worries most is that applications defendants are most often pre-installed on smartphones by manufacturers. So Android has no way to restrict permissions granted to potentially malicious applications. The only way to solve the problem is an update of Android.
If Google and Samsung have already announced a security patch, HTC conducts research on the issue. It must be recognized that arrangements had already begun to be taken when a previous flaw was discovered, “Stagefright”, which allows to take control of a remote phone by sending a simple MMS. Curiously, then it concerned 95% of phones running Android.
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