Gingerbread
(aka Android version 2.3 to 2.3.7) is a surprisingly joint or collective mobile
operating system on new Android phones. This authentic version of Android is
highly compatible with many apps but still has enough power to handle and
manage the app and processing needs of the new Android phones coming out of their factories.
It has, however, become a bit too popular and famous all around the globe for its own good
The Gingerbread Security Risk
Android's
open-source nature and leading position in the consumer market has made it an
attractive target for criminals and virulent structure. These crooks have had a
lot of time to study the older version just for knowing the trick, more popular Gingerbread operating
system and have thereafter found security Weaknesses to exploit
This one right here means that some mean-spirited bloke on the Internet can glide into the software of new Android mobiles and spy around the datum - a surprisingly simple mission on equipments connected to managed and accommodate Internet servers. Which is the fact no good!
This is why both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security have alerted fire departments, police departments, emergency medical services, those treatment security and anyone else in key positions to upgrade their new Android phones to later versions of Android - namely Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.4) or Jelly Bean (Android 4.3). such a lovely name ! But when we see that the FBI end the DHS is during this operation one word comes to our mind a serious problem here !
The FBI and DHS have outlined a series of possible threats to present and future Android phones spend
Gingerbread:
This one right here means that some mean-spirited bloke on the Internet can glide into the software of new Android mobiles and spy around the datum - a surprisingly simple mission on equipments connected to managed and accommodate Internet servers. Which is the fact no good!
This is why both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security have alerted fire departments, police departments, emergency medical services, those treatment security and anyone else in key positions to upgrade their new Android phones to later versions of Android - namely Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.4) or Jelly Bean (Android 4.3). such a lovely name ! But when we see that the FBI end the DHS is during this operation one word comes to our mind a serious problem here !
The FBI and DHS have outlined a series of possible threats to present and future Android phones spend
Gingerbread:
• Toll
fraud or when the phone is remotely manipulated and wangle to send text
messages to premium-rate numbers that can result to over-the-top phone charges.
• Rootkits or malicious software that is difficult to detect and quietly take note of all passwords and login details.
• Fake domains that redirect phone users to fake Google Play stores Facebook YouTube that install much more dangerous and malicious software into the phone.
• Rootkits or malicious software that is difficult to detect and quietly take note of all passwords and login details.
• Fake domains that redirect phone users to fake Google Play stores Facebook YouTube that install much more dangerous and malicious software into the phone.
Check Your Version and make sure that you’re Secure Your Phone
One of the most important things you need to do right now is determine what
version your phone is using right now. Don't rest easy because you have one of
the best Android phones on the market since Gingerbread is a mobile operating
system that is still being used to this day. Concerning 44 percent of all Android devices
use Gingerbread, according to a report from Google containing data for 2012.
You can do
this by going to your phone's Settings then to the About Phone section. This
same section will also allow you to update your phone's software as long as you
have WI-Fi access or 3G access from a local Internet
provider. Heck, even the smart watches that are just coming out of the
factories need to be checked if they run on Gingerbread!
Another
thing you can do to secure your phone is to install trusted anti virus applications like Avast Mobile Security,
AVG Antivirus, Lookout Mobile Security or Kaspersky Mobile Security. Many of
these antivirus apps have free versions that provide basic protection against
malware. The paying versions of these apps have more advanced features like
anti-theft measures and active armor that scan all apps making use of Internet
access.
Replace Your Phone?
It is important to note, however, that not antivirus apps may not be enough
to address the security sensitivity of Gingerbread. Some old and new Android
phones are simply helpless of handling the demands of later versions of
Android. These phones are designed specifically to work with Gingerbread and
will not be able to function using Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean. If this is
the case with your phone, then it may be wise to upgrade to the next Android
phones that use later versions of the operating system.
Better to buy new Android phones than to put yourself, your family and even
your business at the mercy of frauds and crooks. And we know that no one can
let that happen
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