A Virus Could Affect 99% Of Android Smartphones :
Android may be affected by a Trojan. The group of security researchers Bluebox has just published a report that a fault is present in the operating system from Google. This would allow anyone to change the contents of an installation APK file without breaking the cryptographic signature. Clearly, a change in the official application virus.
According to the report, "this vulnerability is present for at least the 1.6 version of Android and could affect any Android phone released in the last four years," about 900 million devices. A patch was developed for the Samsung Galaxy S4 is the only smartphone does not suffer this problem.
The numerical implementation of a signature can make it official for Android. If it was changed could install any spyware or spam on the phone hit. Here, you begin to fear for your mobile! But do not panic, this threat affects mainly downloaded outside of Google Play Store applications.
Google was accused in February by Bluebox the existence of this vulnerability, but for the moment no fix has been proposed. Bluebox will be more detailed at the meeting BlackHat USA 2013 July 27 to August 1st report.
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