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185 Million Users Popular Android Apps Vulnerable To “Man-in-the-middle” Attacks

185 Million Users Popular Android Apps Vulnerable To “Man-in-the-middle” Attacks

Researchers  at Leibniz University of Hannover and Philipps University of Marburg in Germany have  uncovered  41 Android apps in the Google Play store that are leaking sensitive data due to “Man-in-the-middle” attack,  ranging from credit card information and email content to social networking site passwords. “Man-in-the-middle” attacker creates a fake Wi-Fi hotspot and uses a specially [...]
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