Major Android Security Leak Impacts Millions Of Devices
Millions of Android devices are vulnerable to dangerous malware apps Millions of Android devices are vulnerable to dangerous malware apps The issue stems from leaked platform certificates. These certificates or signing keys determine the legitimacy of the Android version on a device. Vendors also use these certificates to sign apps. While the Android OS assigns a unique user ID (UID) to each app upon installation, apps that share the signing keys can have a shared UID as well and have access to each other’s data....