The laws of the United States has made smartphones vulnerable

Experts in the field of information security found another critical vulnerability in software operating systems for smartphones from companies Apple and Google. Millions of devices that people use in the world was in danger.

Vulnerability on Android and iOS, found experts, received the title of a FREAK attack. According to the researchers, the direct fault of Apple and Google in it. Found a flaw in the software associated with the complexities of American law in this area, which was not improved nearly 10 years.

According dilapidated rules, the authors of the programs are forced to use an imperfect system encryption, if their product is sold abroad. These rules operate in the interests of national security of the United States, tells Interfax.

As noted by the expert from the University of Michigan Zakir Durumeric, about thirty percent of all resources that use encryption are vulnerable through a FREAK attack. Including web sites American Express, Groupon and the number of pages of government agencies. The risk of information leakage exists, if to use the browser from Apple and preinstalled browsers on Android. This does not apply to the latest versions of Google Chrome, Mozilla and Internet Explorer.

At the moment there is no evidence that the hackers used the FREAK attack to steal information. Apple and Google are going to release an update that corrects the mistake. Apple promised to do it the following week, Google announced that he handed to update all device manufacturers with their operating system.

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