This image has been collected from the source mentioned, and we fully acknowledge and credit the original provider for their work. Following this acknowledgment, the article transitions into the primary report, which has been independently written by our team at this news portal. : FILE Android Smartphone
The government has issued a new warning for crores of smartphone users. Government agency Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has found many flaws in Android smartphones, due to which sensitive information of users can fall into the hands of hackers. The cyber security agency has detected this flaw on October 11 and has asked users to be careful about it.
Personal information may be leaked
CERT-In has detected several flaws in the arbitrary code of Android smartphones, due to which personal information of users can be leaked. Crores of users in the country use smartphones based on Android 12, Android 13, Android 14 and Android 15. The government agency has found new glitches in these Android versions.
Personal information of about 20 million or 2 crore users of the country can reach cyber criminals, which they can use to commit financial fraud and common users may have to suffer huge losses. The security agency said that this error has come due to Android's framework, system, Google Play system update, imagination, technology components, MediaTek components, Qualcomm components and other source components.
Cyber criminals can take advantage
Most of the smartphone brands in the country use components from MediaTek or Qualcomm. In such a situation, smartphone users of brands like Xiaomi, Vivo, Samsung, OnePlus, Realme, Motorola, Redmi, Poco are at greater risk. By taking advantage of these glitches, cyber criminals can break into users' devices.
CERT-In Warning
CERT-In has advised users to update their smartphones with the latest security patches. By doing this, no important information will be leaked from their device and they can avoid fraud. Even before this, CERT-In has issued warnings to the users many times, in which it has advised the users to update their phones with the latest security patch.
Information – This privacy feature of Android 15 made users 'crazy', know how to enable it in your phone
Image Credit: India_Tv.