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RossMW25-Nov-14 15:49
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Deflinek26-Nov-14 2:35
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All of the dozen different "doorbuster" Android tablets Bluebox examined were found to include unpatched Android vulnerabilities including Masterkey, FakeID, Heartbleed and Futex, while more than a quarter were sold with security misconfigurations or active backdoors installed.

Bluebox discovered Android's Masterkey "zombie botnet" vulnerability last year and detailed FakeID super malware earlier this summer.

While Google has released patches for both flaws—in addition to Android's Heartbleed and Futex bugs—the fact is that major retailers are actively promoting new Android products that still harbor these unpatched vulnerabilities.

The problem is more with android itself than with google or the retailers. For some reason it is quite difficult to keep your device "patched" and "updated" unless you buy the newest shiny every few months. How many of old devices have any patches yet? As to get any update you usually have to wait for vendor AND your carrier provider to release the update. And this often stops at most few months after release...
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