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Cloak and Dagger: A hole in Android

06
Jun
2017

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Everyone, this is not a drill. It applies to all versions of Android, and at the time of this post’s publication, Google has not yet patched the vulnerability. By using this vulnerability, malicious actors can steal data including passwords; install applications with a full set of permissions; and monitor what the user is interacting with or typing on a keyboard on any Android smartphone or tablet. We repeat: This is not a drill…

The attack, dubbed Cloak and Dagger, was demonstrated by employees of the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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