[Cialug] Android security

[Matthew Nuzum]

Some Android phones use a feature-enhanced browser by default. Do you know
of a way to test your browser to see if it is susceptible (without actually
giving my stuff away to strangers on the web)

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Josh More
<MoreJ at alliancetechnologies.net>wrote:

>   I do not recall if we were discussing at the meeting or on the IRC
> channel, so I am posting it here.
>
> There is now a metasploit module to take advantage of the Android browser
> flaw.  This would be a good time to upgrade to 2.3 or replace the default
> browser with Firefox or Dolphin.
>
> Details are here:
> http://blog.metasploit.com/2011/01/mobile-device-security-and-android-file.html
>
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