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Alternative fixes released for Android 'master key' vulnerability |
July 17, 2013
More fixes are appearing for a pair of highly dangerous vulnerabilities exposed earlier this month in the Android mobile operating system.Security vendor Webroot and ReKey, a collaboration between Northeastern University in Boston and vendor Duo Security, released software on Tuesday that detects if an Android device is vulnerable and applies a patch.Google, which manages the open-source Android project, quickly issued patches for the so-called "master key" vulnerabilities, one of which was found by Bluebox Security and another one that appeared on a Chinese-language forum.But mobile phone manufacturers and operators are often very slow in releasing patches to their users, a problem that is likely to become more critical as mobile device use rises.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2044513/alternative-fixes-released-for-android-master-key-vulnerability.html#tk.rss_all
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