“Vulnerability in most Android devices’ – Telegraaf.nl

CAMBRIDGE –

The vast majority of Android devices has at least one serious security breach. According to new research from the University of Cambridge

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The researchers have in the past four years of data from more than 20,000 Android apparatus analyzed. They concluded that nearly nine in ten (87 percent) of the devices are vulnerable. Nexus devices, in which a bare version of Android running, were the best test. LG follows in second place.

The main cause is that manufacturers do not always spread equally loyal updates to seal leaks. Another factor that different older versions of Android still widespread, because many people operating from their Android smartphone or tablet is not readily or not (be able to) update.

The research partly funded by Google, the developer of Android. The mobile operating system has been rocked in recent years by several security holes, such as Stage Fright. Partly for this reason, some manufacturers decided to come up with monthly security updates

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