Friday, 13 November 2015
It’s by no means the first time, but security researchers have demonstrated a weakness present in pretty much all versions of Google’s Android OS. The bad news? All it takes is opening a website containing the malicious code and an attacker can have full control of your phone, and do things like download additional apps without your interaction. The good news? It’s not out in the wild. Yet. According to The Register, the vulnerability was discovered by Guang Gong from security software vendor Quihoo360 at the MobilePwn2Own at the PacSec conference in Tokyo, and involves manipulation of the V8 JavaScript engine. Detailed information…
This story continues at The Next Web
