By: bentoo
Must not be “generally critical” otherwise Google would have publicly disclosed/fixed it per their 60 day policy. 😐 http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2010/07/rebooting-responsi…
View ArticleBy: Bill Shooter of Bul
First of all, this is a risk for people installing applications that appear to be from reputable developers but from sketchy app stores. Most in the EU/USA who stick to installing apps from google play...
View ArticleBy: WereCatf
No, this is a risk for Google Play – apps, too: it has been shown multiple times that the heuristics that Google uses to detect malign code is easy to fool, so you could make a legitimate app and...
View ArticleBy: AndyB
Surely Google will screen/virus check all apps being submitted to the app store, otherwise all sorts of stuff could be in there, with no way to separate the good from the bad!
View ArticleBy: Bill Shooter of Bul
I think it would be pretty difficult to get this on Google play. If I understand it correctly, it allows malicious app devs, to modify existing apps outside of the device while keeping the signature...
View ArticleBy: Bill Shooter of Bul
Don’t get me wrong it still sucks donkey balls for anyone who lives in a country that doesn’t have access to the play store. Like China. They’re all kind of screwed through no fault of their own.
View ArticleBy: TM99
Out of the articles making the rounds this morning, this one is the most detailed, non-hyperbolic, and worth reading. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240556/Android_flaw_lets_at…
View ArticleBy: jonoden
The funny thing is that only if you enable the ability to sideload apps are you susceptible to this. There is also a pretty stern "you are potentially f*8&ing yourself if you do this" warning pops...
View ArticleBy: Soulbender
So… I see that yet another “security” startup need some more seed capital and think some PR will do the trick. a Trojan application from the device manufacturer can grant the application full access to...
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