Leaky Android

99.7% of all Android smartphones are leaking login data for Google services and could allow others to access information stored in the cloud. Researchers at the University of Ulm in Germany wanted to know if it was really possible to launch an impersonation attack against Google services and found not only is it possible it is quite easy. They aren’t the first to make this claim. This means someone can eavesdrop any transmitted data, read your contact data, phone numbers, email addresses or even change information in your lists.

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Posted by Carlton Duston on 18 May 2011 | 0 comments
Tagged with News, Opinion, None

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