Users of all Android devices can become victims of surveillance

16 November 2018, 22:18 | Science and Health
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Specialists from the company Nightwatch Cybersecurity reported a dangerous vulnerability in Android devices. Using it, hackers could follow the movement of users, according to a report on the organization’s website.

Attackers can take advantage of the gap through the Wi-Fi router.

All devices in the signal access field are in view.

A vulnerability named CVE-2018-9581 found on the RSSI system.. It determines the level of the received signal.. Also RSSI transmits this information to other programs..

Because of the flaw, third-party applications can get all the information about the received signal and determine where the user is located relative to the router.

According to experts, this vulnerability is present in all versions of the Android operating system..




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