Android has discovered a new big problem that only computer security researchers know about, and that's because ordinary users have no way of being aware of what's happening in the operating system. More precisely, we are talking about a problem that affects all phones and tablets running the operating system Android, it can reveal information that can be used to locate the user, track him on the internet, or retrieve information from terminals.
Android has discovered a security problem that is based on an internal system that sends messages to the applications installed in the terminals, but these should only reach those who have permission to see them. More precisely, Android transmits information about the Wi-Fi network, the Mac address, or the IP with which we surf the Internet, but instead of these messages reaching the applications that have access to them, they actually also reach applications that do not have access to the data.
Android has a BIG PROBLEM that people don't know about
Android should have limited access to this information only for applications that have the user's permission to access it, but of course this does not happen, and any malicious application can see the data. Hackers can use such applications to monitor the activity of a terminal on the Internet, to try to connect to Android's system files remotely, to try to attack the phone, plus much more.
"The leaked data includes details such as the WiFi network name, WiFi network BSSID, local IP addresses, DNS server information, and the device's MAC address. Apps installed on an Android —including their advertising components— can set up listening posts for these two intents and capture WiFi-related information even if they don't have the permission to access a phone's WiFi feature."
Android has this very serious problem reported to Google since March of this year, but until now only version 9, the last, of the operating system has solved the vulnerability. Why the problem was not solved in older versions of Android is very difficult to say, but it is quite clear that Google focuses only on new versions, and wants to force manufacturers to update their phones and tablets.
