"If Google was just starting to forget about the Android malware threats from earlier this year, now it has another security headache: Researchers at North Carolina State University just discovered a new vulnerability in some of the most popular Android phones being sold today."
"The security flaw, described in detail in this white paper, is specific to a certain implementation of the Android operating system"
"Xuxian Jiang led a team that looked at multiple Android devices, and found that some of the pre-loaded applications that various manufacturers put in, like text-message notifiers, created a “backdoor” to the phone that third parties could exploit"
"Theoretically, the vulnerability could be used to install software that records phone calls, send text messages, or even wipe the phone’s settings, according to Science Daily. It’s not clear if hackers could use the backdoor to actually “root” the phone, but if it’s possible, all bets are off."
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