At the beginning of this same month of July the news was known about a security flaw discovered in the Android platform by the companyBluebox that would affect 99 percent of terminals, from those that worked with theversion 1.6 Android Donut, up to the most current. A vulnerability that became known as Master Key and could be exploited by hackers to create applications with malware or viruses that allow them to access all kinds of user data and information, without it being known at any time that said application is malicious.Well, several hours ago two of these applications were discovered operating on Internet
At the moment these are two tools found in unofficial application markets in China These tools contain a virus inside that would allow the attacker to remotely access the device in which they are installed and have access to its contents, being able to to steal from in this way sensitive information of the user and even bypass other security restrictions. Every hacker's dream. To do this, they take advantage of the commented vulnerability of Android that allows them to introduce these viruses without modifying the signature of the application , acting as a Trojan horse when the application is installed on the terminal.
Luckily, Google quickly got to work upon learning of this security breach several weeks ago.Thus, it launched a patch that would solve this problem, and sent to the different manufacturing companies updatesthat included security measures to prevent the use of this type of malicious applications to steal information from their terminals. However, it is very likely that not everyone is up to date on these issues and may be affected by this type of applications that already seem to be circulating on the Internet . But, how to avoid this problem?
The first thing is to make sure that the terminal is correctly updated The current systems of the different manufacturing companies usually notify directly when updates are available , either through a notification on the terminal itself or by connecting it to the computer using programs Kies of Samsung, PC Companion of Sony, etc.After that, all you have to do is follow the corresponding steps, which usually request the full charge of the terminal battery and have a good connection Internet to download the update and install it. This allows for the new safety barriers, as well as different improvements that affect the general operation of the device.
The other measure to take into account is avoid unofficial application markets That is, be wary of all applications that are not install through Google Play Store And it is the only official platform that has security barriers and quality measures to ensure its users the proper functioning of applications, thus avoiding viruses and malware that they can be entered into other applications available on the Internet and that they do not pass any type of quality control
Update:
From the well-known security company Symantec warn of the discovery of up to cfour more applications infected with the same type of virus It would be a news tool, two games (one for cards and the other for arcade) and a lottery application For the moment tools created for the Chinese public
