Another day, another Android vulnerability – This time there are multiple though, thanks to Google for ignoring old devices.
Every operating system needs to get constant updates in order to receive the latest security patches. Otherwise, there’s a risk of hackers exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities. Keeping this in mind, the Android operating system receives updates regularly from Google. However, there’s a problem here.
According to the very recent Android Security Bulletin published on the 2nd of March, no updates were issued for any Android version below 8.0 which essentially means that every device on 7.0 or below is left vulnerable. Timeline wise, these phones would be those that were first available for sale in 2012.
A snapshot from the security bulletin detailing system vulnerabilities, note the updated Android versions on the far right not going below 8.0.
Source: Android Security Bulletin
Initially reported by Which?, using “Google’s own data from May 2019” they found that 42.1% of Android devices worldwide are using either version 6.0 or below leading every 2 in 5 Android smartphones to be vulnerable.
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To further make sure this was the case, a test was also conducted on 5 different devices:
Motorola X,
Samsung Gala ..
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