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August 6, 2015

Researchers can take complete control of Android phones

Thursday, August 06, 2015 Teklinks

The wave of security issues with devices, cars and even skateboards continues as Check Point researchers presented a vulnerability at the Black Hat conference that could potentially open millions of Android up to hackers. Dubbed Certifi-gate, the researchers say that vulnerabilities in the OEM (manufacturers of Android devices like Samsung, LG and Sony) implementation of Remote Support allows a third party app's plugins to access a device's screens and actions using an OEMs own signed certificates.

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