Security Vulnerability "Dirty Stream" Spotted in Andriod Apps

Sumedha Sen

A security vulnerability "Dirty Stream" has been spotted in Andriod apps by Microsoft, putting your device apps at huge risk.

Dirty stream attack which could give malicious actors a chance to hijack popular apps or access sensitive information from the Android apps.

Microsoft highlighted that the threat could expose our Android devices to arbitrary code execution and token theft.

Microsoft said, “We identified several vulnerable applications in the Google Play Store that represented over four billion installations.”

The issue can only be fixed via the app's update.

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