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A mobile security expert has identified several ways to breach Google’s Android phone software, allowing for it to be manipulated through something as simple as a text message.Hundreds of people anticipated mobile security expert Riley Hassell’s appearance at a hacker conference last week, but Hassall did not show up for fear his findings could lead to hacking anarchy.
According to Reuters, Hassall and colleague Shane Macaulay identified dozens of Android Applications that make mobiles susceptible to hacking.
“App developers frequently fail to follow security guidelines and write applications properly,” he said.
“Some apps expose themselves to outside contact. If these apps are vulnerable, then an attacker can remotely compromise that app and potentially the phone using something as simple as a text message.”
Hassell declined to point out which applications leave mobiles vulnerable, for fear of hackers exploiting them.
“When you release a threat and there’s no patch ready, then there is mayhem,” said Hassell, founder of boutique security firm Privateer Labs.
Hassall contacted Google to discuss his findings, and after dealing with Android security experts, Google declined that its phone OS has bugs, with Google spokesperson Jay Nancarrow saying “The identified bugs are not present in Android.”
Beyond that, Nancarrow refused to comment.
Hassall and Macaulay were to give a speech on “Hacking Androids for Profits,” with hundreds of people turning up and waiting for hours. Their absence was met with disappointment.
The two are expected to give their talk at another hacking conference in Kuala Lumpar in October, at the ‘Hack in the Box Security Conference.’
