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Over 1.4 Billion Android Devices Are Vulnerable Of Internet Traffic Hijacking : Linux Kernel Flaw

Linux kernel Flaw News Compressed : New flaw discovered in android linux kernel from which over 80% of an android device from kitkat and higher are vulnerable to this flaw said lookout , it's allow hackers to close the connection unencrypted traffic and degrade encrypted traffic to spy on victims. This flaw in linux kernel first spotted by University of California in TCP protocol of all linux os, that let hackers to remotely  Hijacking the Internet traffic.but this vulnerability is complicated and difficult to exploits,  this attack not needed man in the middle like traditional ways just need to know the source and user ip address than the attack successfully terminated This weakness in TCP utilized by Linux since 2012 may be accustomed deploy targeted attacks, track a user’s on-line activity and compromise the safety of unidentified networks like TOR. The Linux Foundation has already patched the Linux kernel Report from Lookout said the over 1.4 million ...