Android Smartphone users like Samsung, LG, Xiaomi need to be careful. The details of the security program of these smartphones have been leaked. Due to this, the risk of Malware Attack has increased on these phones. Hackers can take advantage of this.
It has been told in a report that by taking advantage of the loophole, hackers can install fake or malware apps as trusted apps in the phone. Later the phone can be hacked using this. An engineer from Google has shared information regarding this.
A malware reverse engineer at Google told that the new flaw could allow hackers to tamper with the affected device system by installing malicious programs. For this, he has cited the report of Google Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative (APVI).
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Google engineer Łukasz Siewierski has also shared some details about this on Twitter. It has been said in the report that details like platform signing of many Android OEMs have been leaked. Let us tell you that Android relies on the same Key app for signing which is used to sign the operating system. In this case the danger increases.
The key itself ensures that the Android running on the device is Legg or not. He checks and also checks its developer. The same key is used to sign different apps.
Now many Android OEM Keys are available, so using this, scammers can use the App Sign Key to access the Shared User ID system. They can run malware programs on the affected devices. With this, they can get all the data present on the user’s device.