In the past few years, Google Android platform of information security level has improved, but still not perfect. Recently, information security researchers, in Galveston bay, California, (Gal Beniamini) found a loophole, lead to encryption may be cracked under the violent attacks.
This loophole is said to have influenced the hundreds of millions of Android devices. But surprisingly, carrying qualcomm processor device, and is the latest flagship device, the most vulnerable to this attack.
The security problem is the source of the Android kernel vulnerabilities and qualcomm processor. Run Android 5.0 or higher system, enabling full encryption function of smart phones are at risk. But worse, although Google and qualcomm have recently released a patch to solve these problems, but Mr, Minnie's report points out, if not using the new hardware, so some loopholes beyond repair.
All encryption makes in the absence of key equipment in the data cannot be read. Recently, apple and the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) on the iPhone unlock the debate, and apple, said the company don't have access to the encryption key on the user's device. Bei, m., says the Android system vulnerabilities hackers can get the key. Subsequently, the hacker as long as the user's password can be cracked.
Bei, Minnie is working with Google and qualcomm, looking for solutions. For most of the Android users, this gap is not likely to incur hacker attacks. On the one hand, in the way of violent attacks still need to get the password, otherwise the encryption key does not have any effect.
Key is in the news, all part of the Android encryption doesn't seem so powerful as it sounds, while the other processors and hardware manufacturers can gain experience and lessons.