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the security flaws in Android, and not only, are not new, some more risks to the user than others, is right. Now came another, which according to a security company, put the mercy data from more than one billion Android devices
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There is a flaw in the Linux kernel – Android’s base – that leaves 80 percent of vulnerable devices Google to malicious code that can expose your data on the web. This problem affects about 1.4 billion devices equipped with Android.
The warning was given by Lookout security company responsible for a virus with the same name present in the world of Android applications. This flaw in Android can lead to cybercriminals hijack the device and have access to multiple data users, including, user accounts and respective passwords
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security flaw that identified and, according to the Lookout, the problem is in version 3.6 of the Linux kernel, the foundation that supports the mobile operating system from Google, since version 4.4, Android KitKat.
Although this failure will not be easy to exploit – according to experts, should be alert and to check the arrival of possible correction updates. Google itself has identified the problem, giving him the name “CVE-2016-5696″. It is likely that in the near future appears a patch update
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