Android handsets found to have region-specific security issues

Android is the most popular smartphone OS, but new research suggests that its security landscape is fragmented due to region-specific issues that affect users in some countries but not others. Researchers at F-Secure examined devices including the Huawei Mate 9 Pro, the Samsung Galaxy S9, and the Xiaomi Mi 9 to understand the exploitation process for vulnerabilities and configuration issues, as well as the impact, and found it varies from device to device. "Devices which share the same brand are assumed to run the same, irrespective of where you are in the world -- however, the customization done by third… [Continue Reading]