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Android vulnerability still a threat to many devices nearly two years later |
August 01, 2014
Security researchers have recently found a vulnerability that could be used to hijack Android apps and devices, but an older issue that can have the same effect remains a significant threat nearly two years after its discovery, according to security firm Bromium.The issue was reported in December 2012 and concerns an Android API (application programming interface) called addJavascriptInterface that allows applications to expose their native code to Web code running inside a WebView, an instance of Android’s Web browser engine.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2460760/android-vulnerability-still-a-threat-to-many-devices-nearly-two-years-later.html#tk.rss_all
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