Friday, April 11, 2014

How to tell if your Android is vulnerable to Heartbleed - CNET Spanish

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Credit: Jason Cipriani / CNET

The security flaw, Heartbleed not
 has a simple solution. When Google announced that it had resolved the problem
 on their main services also mentioned that Android had not been
 affected, but there is a big exception. devices with Android 4.1.1

The good news is that Google has already sent the patch to its Android partners, the bad is that now we have to wait for their partners to implement it and after that phone do the necessary tests to finally kick the update. Android users know that this is a very slow process. We hope that, because of the sensitivity of the situation and the attention it has received, operator partners and hasten to do as soon as possible. Meanwhile

to see if your Android
 danger the security company Lookout has released a free app
 Heartbleed called Detector, which scans your device and tells you if
 is risk. I have not encountered any device that does not report version
 of vulnerable OpenSSL, however if it is not enabled (as seen in the
 image), your device is not in danger.

At the moment there is not much you can
 do if your phone or tablet are vulnerable, you can only wait
 you get the update.

To be aware of the updates,
 You can usually go to Settings> About> Updates
 software. Remember that these steps vary depending on the device.

Download the Heartbleed Detector here to see if your device is at risk.

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