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Cheap Android tablets riddled with security flaws, test finds

  • 26 November 2014
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With Christmas just around the corner this is very interesting reading.
 

Android version guarantees nothing

 
By John E Dunn | Computerworld UK | Published: 12:34, 26 November 2014
 
Cheap clone Android tablets of the sort that crowd the shelves of many bricks-and-mortar US stores are often riddled with dangerous but hidden security flaws, a test by Bluebox Security has found.
The firm’s motivation for carrying out the test of a dozen popular tablets was to advertise the capabilities of its own Trustable assessment tool, but what it found suggests there is still plenty to worry about.
The problem, of course, is that tablet reviews rarely mention security beyond what comes with Android itself because it's hard to know whats going on at a low level. And yet there are many places where it can fall down badly without the user or buyer realising.
 
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By Iain Thomson, 28 Nov 2014
 
Those fighting through hordes of fellow crazed bargain junkies this Black Friday should avoid some of the cheapo Android tablets on offer.
Security researchers at Bluebox Labs bought a dozen Android fondleslabs, each costing less than $100, and tested them for poor patching, dodgy OS installation, and sloppy security practices – and found almost all of them were vulnerable.
 


 
 
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