Tuesday, April 15, 2014

App tells you if the Heartbleed bug is enabled on your Android phone

So you read all about the flaw in OpenSSL called Heartbleed, and you're worried that hackers are quietly accessing the data on your Android phone. On Friday, Google said that smartphones running Android 4.1.1 are vulnerable to getting the bug. Marc Rogers, principal security researcher at Lookout Mobile, says that versions of Android 4.2.2 modified by a carrier or handset manufacturer, can also carry the Heartbleed flaw.



For your piece of mind, there is an app available from the Google Play Store that will tell you whether or not your Android phone is at risk of being an open gateway to ...



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