Hackers Expose Android Design Flaw

Hackers at the DefCon conference have exposed a design flaw in Google’s Android OS that could possibly be used to steal data via phishing and also to bring annoying pop up adverts to Android devices.

According to the guys over at Cnet, if an android smartphone users decided to open a legitimate banking app, a fake pop up could be used with a fake log in page that would collect the users log in information.

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