Android Users Warned Fingerprint and Credit Card Data at Risk

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The report found more than 30 problems within Google's mobile operating system, showing that Android users could be at significant risk.

Android users are being warned that their fingerprint and credit card data is at risk after cybersecurity researchers found key issues in the device's mobile operating systems.Switzerland's École Polytechnique Fédérale De Lausanne found more than 30 problems within Google's mobile operating system, showing that Android users could be at significant risk.

'We see much less public security research on iPhones due to Apple's closed approach which forces researchers to first reverse engineer essential information that is publicly available on Android.'The researchers alerted the affected vendors of their findings and gave them 90 days to make the fixes but ultimately published their findings.

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