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8% of all Google Play apps vulnerable to old security bug – ZDNet
Devs have not updated a crucial library inside their apps, leaving users exposed to dangerous attacks. Some of the vulnerable apps include Microsoft’s Edge browser,…
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Around 8% of Android apps available on the official Google Play Store are vulnerable to a security flaw in a popular Android library, according to a scan performed this fall by security firm Check Point.
The security flaw resides in older versions of Play Core, a Java library provided by Google that developers can embed inside their apps to interact with the official Play Store portal.
The Play Core library is very popular as it can be used by app developers to download and install…
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