"An Obscure App Flaw Creates Backdoors In Millions of Smartphones"

Researchers at University of Michigan have shared their findings of hundreds of applications in Google Play having the capability of allowing a phone to act as a server as the owner connects to that phone from their PC. This capability raises major security risks as a great number of these applications leave insecure ports open on smartphones, which could be exploited by hackers to steal sensitive data or install malware. This article further discusses how researchers went about determining and demonstrating the scope of this port problem along with the identification of vulnerable popular apps.

WIRED reports "An Obscure App Flaw Creates Backdoors In Millions of Smartphones"