Advanced

Android faces critical security study

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 3 comments
Financial Times; By Joseph Menn 		Mail this story
Print this story

An analysis of the most critical part of the Android smartphone operating system has turned up programming errors, some of which could allow hackers or malicious applications to access users’ e-mail or other sensitive information. The study examined the publicly disclosed version of the Android kernel – heart of Google’s open-source software for phones – that shipped inside the HTC Droid Incredible phones. But the study says it is likely other Android phones have the same programming flaws.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Groups: Kernel; Story Type: News Story

» Get new stories by e-mail: nightly or as they are published

« Return to the newswire homepage

  Related stories
» More like this

Comments (3)

viator ·
What this article did not point out. Was that Coverity wouldnt be able to discover these flaws in iOS or Blackberry because they are NOT opensource. Androids source is available so Coverity was able to discover these vulnerabilities.
kingttx ·
Argh! I may have to give up my G1 before I'm ready. I'm still waiting on a dual-core, 4.3", 5-row keyboard phone for TMO.
tmx ·
You have to wait for the Nokia N900's successor due next year. And it's not locked into any carrier.

Though a 4.3" phone with keyboard as well must be gigantic and heavy.

Post a comment

A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.

Your message:
|||||
10
Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help

Sign up and post (it is free)  or  Log in and post