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Many Android Users Susceptible To Plug-In Exploit -- And Many Of Them Have It
Ars Technica reports that a recently reported remote access vulnerability in Android is no longer just theoretical, but is being actively exploited. After more than 100,000 downloads of a scanning app from Check Point to evaluate users' risk from the attack, says Ars, In a blog post published today, Check Point researchers share a summary of that data—a majority (about 58 percent) of the Android devices scanned were vulnerable to the bug, with 15.84 percent actually having a vulnerable version of the remote access plug-in installed. The brand with the highest percentage of devices already carrying the vulnerable plug-in was LG—over 72 percent of LG devices scanned in the anonymized pool had a vulnerable version of the plug-in.
I just realized that my LG G3 has the exploit vulnerability - and I'm freaking out because I know that it has been exploited!!!
Oh, wait...I put that on there so I could root my device.
Nevermind.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
What is the fix?
Buy an iPhone?
H, that won't stop third parties accessing your data.
But, if it comes with buggy crapware preinstalled by the manufacturer, you at least have some chance of getting a fix.
Really?, i can disable preinstalled crap on my Android phone, i can choose what to run and what not to, can you or are you limited to what your phone's manufacturer allows you to?
You're wrong, i can disable pre-installed crap. Is it Andriod's fault that Samsung modifies the system?
Uh, I'm right. Just because you can disable preinstalled crap on your magic not-Google-but-not-locked-down Android phone, doesn't mean that most Android users can.
Again, I was pointing out that, if you buy an iPhone, the only preinstalled crap comes from Apple, and they can quickly ship a fix. If you buy Android, the preinstalled crap comes from Xonaxzuing Enterprises, Inc, and... you'll never get a fix.
No you're not, i did it on my previous SAMSUNG Galaxy S3 and on my new Motorola X, so, you're wrong. If you don't know how to do it, doesn't mean that it isn't true. Since i did it, SEVERAL times, you're wrong, and i my phones were not rooted nor modified in any way. You'll get a fix IF Apple decided to provide one, your assumption that Apple will do it because it's Apple and that any Andriod phone won't because it's Google is meaningless and shows that you don't know what you're talking about.