Thursday, May 25, 2017

Combination of features produces new Android vulnerability

05/25/2017 05:18 PM EDT

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A new vulnerability affecting Android mobile devices results not from a traditional bug, but from the malicious combination of two legitimate permissions that power desirable and commonly used features in popular apps.


Full story at http://www.news.gatech.edu/2017/05/21/combination-features-produces-new-android-vulnerability

Source
Georgia Institute of Technology


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