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Google Rolls out a Patch to Fix Android Security Flaw

May 20, 2011 No Comments

A new round of patching has begun for Android phones, the vast majority of which were found to be vulnerable to hackers if the owner was using it on an open WiFi network. The flaw affected 99.7 percent of all Android smartphones running Android 2.3.3 and earlier versions because they don’t use a secure HTTPS connection, according to researchers.