Security News > 2017 > December > Android Flaw Lets Hackers Inject Malware Into Apps Without Altering Signatures
2017-12-09 09:33
Millions of Android devices are at serious risk of a newly disclosed critical vulnerability that allows attackers to secretly overwrite legitimate applications installed on your smartphone with their malicious versions. Dubbed Janus, the vulnerability allows attackers to modify the code of Android apps without affecting their signature verification certificates, eventually allowing them to
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