New Android vulnerability puts 100 million devices at risk

Android has another vulnerability, this time through Play Store applications. The vulnerability comes from Baidu, China’s Google, and has risked over 100 million Android devices to hackers.

The new malicious virus has already found its way into over 14,000 Android applications. Four thousand in which were created by Baidu. Most dangerously, anyone accessing the Android SDK to develop an app can unintentionally swallow up the virus within their app. This is because the SDK allows apps to open an HTTP server connection that is unsecured thus allowing it to run commands on your device. These can include but are not limited to, installing malicious virus software and stealing information. For those of you who are rooted, the scenario is even worse because you won’t be notified when an unsecure app installs. Baidu has temporarily helped fix the problem, but is yet to completely resolve it. We’ll keep you updated when we hear more.

Source: Trend Micro
Via: Engadget

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