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6. Oct 2016 10:56 by fracpete@waikato.ac.nz:

'A security bug in Google's V8 JavaScript engine is indirectly
affecting around one in 16 Android devices, impacting smartphone
models from all major vendors, such as LG, Samsung, Motorola, and
Huawei. Despite this bug being public for more than a year, only in
August 2016 have Chinese security researchers discovered that the V8
issue also affected a whole range of Android-related products where
the older V8 engine versions had been deployed. Affected products
included Google Chrome Mobile, Opera Mobile, apps that use the WebView
component (Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, WeChat, etc.) and apps that
deploy the Tencent X5.SDK (a bunch of Chinese apps). It is estimated
that around one in 16 Android devices is vulnerable to this issue,
nicknamed BadKernel. The flaw leads to a RCE on Android devices,
allowing attackers to take full control over one's smartphone. Despite
BadKernel being discovered in August 2016, because all research was
only published in Chinese, most E.U. and U.S. users have no clue they
might be affected.

One of the best ways to protect yourself, as noted in the report, is
to keep your apps and operating system updated. You can view this list
via Trustlook's website to see if your device is affected. There's
also a dedicated BadKernel security scanner you can download from the
Play Store to check for the vulnerability.'

-- source: https://news.slashdot.org/story/16/10/05/033233

Cheers, Peter
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Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 858-5174
http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete
http://www.data-mining.co.nz
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