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Android users can become victims of hackers

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Android users can become victims of hackers, disclosed in this report Android has been the best-selling OS worldwide on smartphones since 2011and on tablets since 2013. In 2020, the Which? watchdog reported that more than a billion Android devices released in 2012 or earlier, which is 40% of Android devices worldwide, are at risk of being hacked. This conclusion stemmed from the fact that no security updates were issued for the Android versions below 7.0 in 2019. Which? collaborated with the AV Comparatives anti-virus lab to infect five phone models with malware, and it succeeded in each case. Most Android smartphones are used in the world. There are a large number of users using this operating system. Latest security updates and built-in protection have not been released for all these smartphones. The consumer firm has created this report based on Google data. Due to lack of latest security updates, these users can be victims of big data theft or hacking. Rocket atta...