Checking Permissions on an Android Phone (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Checking Permissions on an Android Phone

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Carter Yagemann, a graduate research assistant in Georgia Tech's School of Computer Science, checks permissions on an Android phone. Cybersecurity researchers have identified a new vulnerability affecting Android mobile devices that 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.

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Credit: Maxwell Guberman, Georgia Tech

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