AirDroid app opens millions of Android users to device compromise

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AirDroid app opens millions of Android users to device compromise
Posted on Dec 02, 2016 04:28 pm
Tens of millions of users of AirDroid, a remote management tool for Android, are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks that could lead to data theft and their devices being compromised through fraudulent updates. According to Zimperium researchers, such attacks can be performed when users find themselves on the same unsecured network as the attacker (e.g. an insecure public Wi-Fi network). “AirDroid relies on secure HTTPS API endpoints for most of its functionalities, but during our analysis … More →
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