Android flaw puts personal data at risk for millions

Mar

2015

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Nearly half of #android devices are vulnerable to an #attack that could replace a legitimate app with malicious software that can collect sensitive data from a phone.

Google, Samsung and Amazon have released patches for their devices, but 49.5 percent of Android users are still vulnerable, according to Palo Alto Networks, which discovered the problem. Google said it has not detected attempts to exploit the flaw.

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