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Old Software a G1 Security Glitch

By Judy Mottl
November 4, 2008

T-Mobile is quietly deploying an over-the-air software patch provided by Google that fixes a Web browsing flaw in the Android G1 smartphone.

But the Android software development kit (SDK) still houses the vulnerability.

The G1 vulnerability, reported to Google on October 20 by a security researcher, lets hackers control and redirect a G1 user's Web browsing session and access confidential data such as cookies and password information.

See here for the full story at InternetNews.com.



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