Combination of Features Produces Vulnerability (VIDEO)

Georgia Institute of Technology

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A new vulnerability affecting Android mobile devices results not from a traditional bug, but from the malicious combination of two legitimate permissions that power desirable and commonly-used features in popular apps. The combination could result in a new class of attacks, which has been dubbed "Cloak and Dagger."

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Credit: Maxwell Guberman, Georgia Tech

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