Monday 8 August 2016

Is your phone at risk? Security flaw in 900 MILLION Android devices could give hackers complete access to your data

Owners of Android phones have been warned of a serious security flaw that could give attackers complete access to a phone’s data.

The problem has been identified in software used in about 900 million Android phones, including the HTC One, and Sony Xperia Z Ultra.

While there is currently no evidence of the flaws being used by hackers, experts say it is a race as to who finds the bug first.

The glitch was found by researchers from Checkpoint, who posted about it in a blog.

The problem appears to affect phones which run on Qualcomm processors, which the blog estimates to be around 900 million devices. For the full article click here 



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