The report on Google’s 2016 emergency informs us that there are still 400 million Android devices on display to security risks. Are models with older versions of the software that no longer receive updates, or fixes to known vulnerabilities and resolved. The problem is still widespread but declining steadily.
It proposes a theme that has become a classic of the Android world. Producers stop updating smartphones and tablets (indeed sometimes not even begin), leaving their owners exposed to more or less serious risks. The counterexample is given by Nexus Google, who receive guaranteed updates for a long time.
But even with the top of the range other brands generally updates often come for a few years: for example Marshmallow recently arrived on the Galaxy S5 and sull’Xperia Z2 – the latter in fact it was a relative surprise. With the cheapest products, best sellers, however there are no guarantees.
In some cases, the updates come (see Moto E and Moto G for example), but many times your smartphone remains exactly as it was the day of purchase – including security problems. To resolve without changing smartphone you can try using a antivirus for Android , or install an alternative ROM as the famous Cyanogen – if available for your model. Surely it should not install applications from sources other than Google Play.
The Google report also tells us that the company examines 6 billion applications (installed), every day on 400 million devices. The company continues to work to make sure Google Play – ie prevent that someone uses to spread malware, and over the last year this specific activity has been very successful.
Adrian Ludwig (Google) reminds us that those who download applications from Google Play can be considered safe, at least as far as the malware carried by malicious applications. Attacks exploiting known vulnerabilities and not patched, maybe via browser, are instead possible if your smartphone does not receive the necessary updates.
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