HTC releases fix for Wi-Fi security issues

A relatively unknown bug had surfaced, last September, which was discovered by security researchers Chris Hessing and Bret Jordan. This bug had affected Android handsets from HTC and the severity of this bug was quite high, as it could allow malicious apps to leak Wi-Fi security information, a report by TNW states. The report reads, “Any Android application on an affected HTC handset with the android permission, ACCESS_WIFI_STATE permission would be able to call upon the .toString() command in the WifiConfiguration class to view all credentials of a Wi-Fi network. If combined with the Android permission, INTERNET permission, attackers could then harvest the details and send them to a remote server on the Internet.” This also includes access to one’s Wi-Fi passwords.Click here for full story