Massive Android flaw lets hackers ‘take over’ and ‘control’ 99% of Android devices (updated)

[SirReallySam]

http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/03/massive-android-flaw-allows-hackers-to-take-over-and-control-99-of-android-devices/

 

Just seems like a bad Trojan to me... But still eeshh

[wtfxmitchell]

you can only get it if you download stuff outside of the play store, so this is just bullshit news, every one knew this xD

[SirReallySam]

you can only get it if you download stuff outside of the play store, so this is just bullshit news, every one knew this xD

That is true, just like any other OS platform if you install a Virus.... You install a virus. I was just shocked by the other people sending messages from my phone! XD

[T.Vengeance]

http://www.androidcentral.com/making-sense-latest-android-security-scare

 

Apparently it doesn't affect rooted users or custom roms.

[ShadyHost]

iPhone. That is all. 

[Darell3]

http://www.androidcentral.com/making-sense-latest-android-security-scare

 

Apparently it doesn't affect rooted users or custom roms.

HAHA! Yes, thank god i rooted and flashed a rom on my phone;)

[Darell3]

iPhone. That is all. 

http://www.phonearena.com/news/iPhone-more-vulnerable-than-Android-BB-and-WP-combined_id41258 thats why ios can be jailbroken by jailbreak developers, they bypass the security, find a hole and exploit.

Edited July 6, 2013 by Darell3

[ShadyHost]

http://www.phonearena.com/news/iPhone-more-vulnerable-than-Android-BB-and-WP-combined_id41258 thats why ios can be jailbroken by jailbreak developers, they bypass the security, find a hole and exploit.

Meh. Thats one random site I have never heard of. When was the last time you heard of Apple having a huge leak of data?

[T.Vengeance]

ShadyHost, on 06 Jul 2013 - 5:56 PM, said:

Meh. Thats one random site I have never heard of. When was the last time you heard of Apple having a huge leak of data?

Lol. That's like saying LTT forums is one random site some person hasn't heard of. PhoneArena is such a big site. It has a youtube channel. Don't dismiss it because the source is something "you haven't heard off". And to that, the last time I heard of Apple's leak was:

http://www.infoworld.com/t/cloud-security/apple-icloud-breach-proves-wozniaks-point-about-cloud-risks-199450

Edited July 6, 2013 by GabrielTan

[Fetzie]

So only download and install stuff from the Play Store. Don't install anything from un-official sources.

 

Essentially: Don't blindly trust that software is safe.

 

Isn't this what every PC security expert has been saying for the last 40 odd years?

[ShadyHost]

Lol. That's like saying LTT forums is one random site some person hasn't heard of. PhoneArena is such a big site. It has a youtube channel. Don't dismiss it because the source is something "you haven't heard off".

But honestly, I love Android PHONES but not Android the OS. 

I was considering an HTC One because it has Apple-like build quality. I was going to suffer through the adjustment from iOS to Android. But I have never heard of any kind of backdoor issue with iOS that would affect 900 million devices. 

 

Shows that Apple's model of hardware/software for mobile devices being made by the same company will pay off in the end. 

 

 

I am a hardcore PC user but everyone in my family has a Macbook including me. I am by no means an Apple fanboy. 

[sof006]

Lol. That's like saying LTT forums is one random site some person hasn't heard of. PhoneArena is such a big site. It has a youtube channel. Don't dismiss it because the source is something "you haven't heard off". And to that, the last time I heard of Apple's leak was:

http://www.infoworld.com/t/cloud-security/apple-icloud-breach-proves-wozniaks-point-about-cloud-risks-199450

That sharply shut him up :) 

 

Despise fanboys. 

[stevv]

For the few who will get updates... Bluebox has provided a free app that detects whether one's phone has been updated to address the bug.

 

http://bluebox.com/corporate-blog/free-scanner-to-manage-risk-of-major-android-vulnerability/