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Title: More of the same
Post by: Gary on May 17, 2011, 11:21:30
99% of Android phones leak secret account credentials. The vast majority of devices running Google's Android operating system are vulnerable to attacks that allow adversaries to steal the digital credentials used to access calendars, contacts, and other sensitive data stored on the search giant's servers, university researchers have warned.

The weakness stems from the improper implementation of an authentication protocol known as ClientLogin in Android versions 2.3.3 and earlier, the researchers from Germany's University of Ulm said.

Nothing new to see all devices leak info like a bucket with holes it seems  ::)

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/16/android_impersonation_attacks/
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Rik on May 17, 2011, 11:22:40
Quill and parchment anyone? ;)
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Gary on May 17, 2011, 11:24:26
Quote from: Rik on May 17, 2011, 11:22:40
Quill and parchment anyone? ;)
;D and yoghurt pots and string
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Rik on May 17, 2011, 11:25:23
Whatever happened to tin cans? ;D
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Simon on May 17, 2011, 11:27:37
Someone filled them with beans.  ;)
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Rik on May 17, 2011, 11:34:35
You called?
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Simon on May 17, 2011, 11:39:04
;D
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Glenn on May 17, 2011, 11:39:36
Quote from: Rik on May 17, 2011, 11:25:23
Whatever happened to tin cans? ;D

They were never made out of tin.
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Rik on May 17, 2011, 11:40:21
True, you pedant.  ;D
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Gary on May 17, 2011, 11:58:36
They cut your ears
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Rik on May 17, 2011, 12:00:44
That depends on the can opener. :)
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Gary on May 17, 2011, 12:14:59
Quote from: Rik on May 17, 2011, 12:00:44
That depends on the can opener. :)
True, my nans old one made tin cans in weapons, evil thing it was, almost as nasty this which cut me :bawl: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p44Ig0ktXQM not sure if the English one was called the same name
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Rik on May 17, 2011, 12:40:36
Now that does look dated. ;D
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Gary on May 17, 2011, 13:17:09
Quote from: Rik on May 17, 2011, 12:40:36
Now that does look dated. ;D
;D I remember it well, evil thing it was
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Rik on May 17, 2011, 15:00:46
It's not going near my beard!  ;D
Title: Re: More of the same
Post by: Glenn on May 19, 2011, 08:02:34
Google have released a fix http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/18/google_android_security_fix/