Many Android vulnerabilities can be traced to manufacturer modifications

(Phys.org) —Computer security researchers have found that Android smartphone manufacturers are inadvertently incorporating new vulnerabilities into their products when they customize the phones before sale, according to a recent study. On average, the researchers found that 60 percent of the vulnerabilities found in the smartphone models they evaluated were due to such "vendor customizations."

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