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Android shows hack attack vulnerabilities
Google's phone software not rock hard

By Marguerite Reardon

Published: Thursday 06 March 2008

Researchers have found some holes in Google's Android SDK that could make the software vulnerable to hack attacks.

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Core Security published an alert on its website stating it had found eight vulnerabilities related to some open source image processing libraries in Google's Android SDK, which the group claims are outdated. Attackers exploiting these vulnerabilities could take complete control of Android handsets, the alert said.

Android, which Google announced in November, is still in beta. Even though several companies showed off prototypes using the Android software at the GSMA Mobile World Congress last month, none of them have built a commercial product yet.

The final version of the software code won't be available until later this year.