New security fears for Android
Researchers at security firm ViaForensics have built an Android app that could enable hackers to install and run corrupt code on your Android device.
Exposing yet another area of weakness in our favourite smartphone operating system, the app demonstrates just how Android’s permissions set up can be compromised, a feature which was originally intended to put security in the hands of the customer but that has been bypassed to allow unscrupulous coders a ‘backdoor’ into your Android’s inner sanctum.
Thomas Cannon, director of research & development at ViaForensics explains, ‘one should not automatically assume that installing an app, even if it requires no permissions, is safe.’ And as if to prove the point, ViaForensics have created an app that aptly demonstrates this.
