What is Android Zero Day and what are the risks to Android?

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Android zero-day

Google's Project Zero team has warned about this danger, saying that an Android Zero-Day flaw has been detected in the Android operating system, through which hackers can take full control of the user's smartphones. In the current situation, it is very difficult to avoid this danger.

These smartphones are the biggest threat

Google's Project Zero team posted a blog giving information about those devices which are threatened by this flaw called Android Zero-Day. These smartphone models include Google's Pixel 1, Google Pixel 1 XL, Google Pixel 2, Google Pixel 2 XL, Huawei P20, Xiaomi Redmi 5A, Xiaomi Redmi Note 5, Xiaomi A1, Oppo A3, Moto Z3, Oreo OS These include LG smartphones, Samsung Galaxy S7, Samsung Galaxy S8, and Samsung Galaxy S9.

How does this attack happen

The kernel code is loaded in the safe area of ​​the operating system memory. This is so that it cannot be replaced with another program. The kernel code system combines hardware with software applications. Hackers have attacked this kernel code through Android Zero-Day so that they can get access to the entire smartphone of the user without any problem.

Can affect multiple smartphones simultaneously

Android Zero-Day is said to be more dangerous because it does not need to be customized to control different Android smartphones, that is, all these Android smartphones at once, whether they have the new version of Android or older Makes them their prey.

Israel company expected to be behind the attack

Google's Threat Analysis Group has reported that some external parties are trying to attack through Android zero-day flaws. This is being seen in association with the NSO Group. Let us tell you that the NSO Group is an Israeli cyber intelligence company that develops such threats and then sells them later.

The dangerous Pegasus spyware that surfaced in the year 2016 was also developed by the NSO Group itself. This malware was helping hackers to jailbreak Android and iOS devices and get access to them.

90 days given to the developers

This threat, named Android Zero-Day, is being seen as the biggest threat to Android smartphones so far. Google's Project Zero team has given 90 days to its developers to tackle this problem. During this time, Google's team will develop a security patch that will be first rolled out for Google smartphones. At the same time, no information has been revealed about how long this security patch will be available on smartphones of other companies.