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Symantec spots first two apps that exploit biggest-ever Android security hole

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Symantec Android Master Key Malware
Less than a month after researchers at Bluebox Security uncovered the biggest Android security hole to date, Symantec has spotted two malicious apps that are taking advantage of this major crack in Android's foundation. Essentially, the vulnerability found by Bluebox theoretically allows hackers to change mobile applications’ codes without breaking the cryptographic signature that’s needed to verify an app’s legitimacy. In other words, the vulnerability could give hackers free rein to transform any app into malware. To make matters worse, Bluebox says that this problem has existed since at least Android 1.6, which means that the vast majority of Android devices are vulnerable to malware-producing hackers.

 

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