Friday, July 5, 2013

Reveal a major flaw in the phones running Android - Clarín.com

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In the last year 415 were detected virus for mobile phones, according to a report from security firm Symantec. And the director of Juniper Networks, another software company, had predicted that “as happened with the evolution of PC viruses, attacks on mobile devices will increase and become more sophisticated.” Yesterday a U.S. computer security company discovered a vulnerability in the Android operating system that could affect 900 million devices worldwide. In Argentina, according to a data matching are over 6 million phones which are equipped with Google’s operating system and could be infected. According to the consultancy Carrier, there are 10 million smartphones in the country, according to data from iCrossing, 63% of smartphones Argentines have the Android operating system.

failure was detected by the security company Bluebox, it will post more details of their discovery in the Black Hat Fair in late July in Las Vegas. But as anticipated, the danger is that from this vulnerability, a hacker could take control of the device because it has the ability to change the look of any application downloaded from lawfully into an infected.

“The user can also be downloading a fake application and use it without problems, but in reality this seemingly harmless application is stealing passwords or user information” explains Cristian Borghello, director of SeguInfo.

Android, each time you run a file is checked with a digital signature. The flaw involves tricking the review, explains Borghello. “In theory, by changing a single bit of the cryptographic signature, could not pass this verification. In this case have managed to deceive: the pose as false or skip this procedure, “says Borghello.

To avoid falling into the trap, experts recommend downloading apps that have good reputation in official stores. It is also important to read the warnings on each application, especially when requiring permits to send SMS.

Specialists say that hackers now attack smart phones because they became something massive: in the last year sales grew by 39.6% and in Argentina and sold more than common. Moreover, in the last year, global sales almost doubled to cellular PC (686 million against 348 million).

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