Jon Oberheide of Duo Security has released a video demonstrating two security vulnerabilities which could allow apps to take control of Android devices.
The video was created to generate interest in the firm's upcoming workshop on mobile security at the SOURCE security conference in Barcelona this November.
Last year Oberheide was responsible for exposing a weakness in Google's Android ... [ read the full article ]
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Yeah...like a blast from the past, this guy has shown up and demonstrated what everyone with ROOT has known about since they got their android phones. Copy an app to system\app and it is installed, simple as that.
This is why I have an Android...I want to be able to use a file manager (an app) to instal (and more importantly, uninstall) apps manually. And I want to be able to root as well. Sure HTC and Samsung would be happy to lock devices down like a PS3...but I don't want that.
Anyway, I do regular backups, and restoring a complete back up takes under 10 minutes including wiping the old.
Is hard to care about customer while getting their money, too much task for so little people. if this doesn't change we will see nexus phones been the choice for most people... And maybe Google network if ever build will be a easy choice as well, even sprint is getting greed with 5gb cap for tether.
Originally posted by KillerBug: Yeah...like a blast from the past, this guy has shown up and demonstrated what everyone with ROOT has known about since they got their android phones. Copy an app to system\app and it is installed, simple as that.
This is why I have an Android...I want to be able to use a file manager (an app) to instal (and more importantly, uninstall) apps manually. And I want to be able to root as well. Sure HTC and Samsung would be happy to lock devices down like a PS3...but I don't want that.
Anyway, I do regular backups, and restoring a complete back up takes under 10 minutes including wiping the old.
Originally posted by xtago:HTC and Samsung devices have been rooted already, months ago.
The US is just behind the times.
What are you talking about? They were rooted YEARS ago, in every country. Even when a device is launched without rooting tools from the maker, it is rooted soon after. Heck, my Sensation 4G was rooted before HTC had USB drivers for it on their website!
