Security Flaw Revealed in Google Phone
Just days after the T-Mobile G1 smartphone went on the market, a group of security researchers have found what they call a serious flaw in the Android software from Google that runs it.
One of the researchers, Charles A. Miller, notified Google of the flaw this week and said he was publicizing it now because he believed that cellphone users were not generally aware that increasingly sophisticated smartphones faced the same threats that plague Internet-connected personal computers.
He said the flaw could be exploited by an attacker who might trick a G1 user into visiting a booby-trapped Web site. Read more »
