The latest version of Android 4.4 KitKat has a special vulnerability

The Dhaka Times Desk Already the much-awaited Android 4.4 KitKat has been released in the market but it is not yet available for all devices to be updated, meanwhile a programmer is discovering a special vulnerability of KitKat 4.4.

Jay Freeman, an internet security analyst, said that the new Android KitKat 4.4 version has a master key system vulnerability. This may expose the users of this new version to special security risks.

Earlier in the first part of July this year, once again, hackers took advantage of the vulnerability of Android master key system to make special changes in Android apps and turn them into Trojan viruses, as a result of which the user who installed the app, the hacker controlled various confidential information about the device. Hacked.

After that Google brought Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update and overhauled the entire Google Play management. But a few days later, a group of Chinese hackers found a vulnerability in the Android master key system like July.

Jay Freeman also presented a Python program as proof of this vulnerability.

The new vulnerability allows a hacker to access an Android app and modify its program. And the system can change the APK so that if the Android user installs that app on his device, his information will go to the concerned hacker. As a result, users can be subjected to various harassment.

If KitKat users want to install an app, they must download it from a trusted source.

Source: The TechJournal