Department of Homeland Security United States (DHS) and the FBI revealed that millions of Android smartphone users vulnerable to threats such as viruses and malware. Android as an operating system (OS) is the most widely used mobile, continues to be the target of the attack because of its market share and open-source architecture owned.
"44 percent of Android users who each use version 2.3.3 to 2.3.7-known as Gingerbread-which was released in 2011 has a number of security vulnerabilities fixed in the final version," DHS and the FBI said in a bulletin, as quoted from Busines Insider, Tuesday (08/27/2013).
Android is now known to lead the smartphone market with a global market share of approximately 80 percent. Therefore, both institutions warned the federal, state, and authorized to continue to update the Android software.
In the newsletter also described several threats if the OS is not updated to the latest version and software more secure. This includes viruses that send text messages without the user's knowledge or "rootkit" that can record the location of the user and password
"44 percent of Android users who each use version 2.3.3 to 2.3.7-known as Gingerbread-which was released in 2011 has a number of security vulnerabilities fixed in the final version," DHS and the FBI said in a bulletin, as quoted from Busines Insider, Tuesday (08/27/2013).
In the newsletter also described several threats if the OS is not updated to the latest version and software more secure. This includes viruses that send text messages without the user's knowledge or "rootkit" that can record the location of the user and password
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