HTC Admits Security Exploit Affects Specific Handsets, Says Fix is Already Out for Most Affected Devices
It seems that HTC is always in the news for one security scare or another. Well you can add this to the pile as HTC has acknowledged that a bug/exploit can expose security credentials on wifi networks when their devices handle specific Android requests.
It was found that applications on affected HTC devices with the android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE permission would be able to exploit the .toString() command via the WifiConfiguration class to view all of a wifi network’s credentials. Combine this with the android.permission.INTERNET permission and hackers could have…
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HTC Admits Security Exploit Affects Specific Handsets, Says Fix is Already Out for Most Affected Devices
Jack Holt – talkandroid.com
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