Android is the most used operating system for phones and tablets in the whole world, those from Google managing to create a software that is very popular at the moment, one that is also very useful. Unfortunately, Android's popularity also comes with disadvantages, one of them having to do with the fact that a new malware, called Hermit, is being used against people in Italy and Kazakhstan, apparently even by government entities.
Android cannot be easily exploited normally, but in certain situations users' phones can be exploited, and now Google is notifying the infected about the problems that have been discovered. We are talking about a malware that was thought to steal a variety of information from people's phones and tablets, all without them knowing what is happening, all being a very serious problem that the American company is trying to solve.
Android: the DANGER about which people are ALERTED by Google
Android can be exploited by Hermit so that a variety of user data can be stolen, apart from photos, video clips, call data, contacts, etc., and ambient audio can also be recorded. Here we are talking about an extremely serious problem because recording ambient audio with a mobile phone allows anyone to spy on people very easily, which should not happen in one form or another, but here it is.
Google has already started to notify Android users affected by this problem, without saying how many people have been targeted by this malware, but they are trying to notify all the people who should know. The problem is a very serious one, but those at Google know very well that they have to tell people what is happening so that they are safe in this period when cyber attacks are intensifying.
Android can be a safe operating system until the moment users start giving inappropriate permissions to various applications, and from that moment everything becomes dangerous.
