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10:38 / 14.01.2015 Android, Google, smartphones, hackers About a billion smartphones running the Android operating system were out on a limb. This is due to their critical vulnerability to hacker attacks module WebView.

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According to the latest data released by the expert analytical center Rapid7 Tod Beardsley, information of almost a billion smartphones running operating system Android, was in danger . This is due to their vulnerability to hacker attacks.

It’s all in the module Android WebView, which is used to render web pages and is one of the very important components of the operating system. It is used in the browser platform Jelly Bean and older OS. Last “patch” was released by Google in September. But now the company says that the this version of Android will not receive updates .

In other words, users get an extra argument in favor of the installation of more current version of the

browser from the store Google Play, both from Chrome most Google, and analogs from companies like Mozilla or Opera. In addition, in order to enhance security Google has changed the version to a newer WebView in Android 4.4 KitKat. Now, however, after the Android 5.0 Lollipop, the company said it will not support older versions .

Surprisingly, the older operating systems still installed on 60% of all Android-devices. In security may consider themselves owners of smartphones only managed OS Android 4.4 KitKat and Android 5.0 Lollipop, which are the remaining 40% of the total number of users of mobile devices.