A Dozen of the Most Vulnerable Gadgets

A Dozen of the Most Vulnerable GadgetsA list of the most “dangerous” gadgets headed “Google Phone”. The company Bit9 , which is engaged in information security, has published a rating of the most vulnerable gadgets. In the calculation of the researchers took the threat of safety and security of personal data of users and corporations.

According to the staff Bit9, 56% of all devices based on Android, which is now available for sale, used an outdated version of “OSes”. The study showed that the company Samsung, HTC, Motorola and LG, often sell phones with preinstalled software obsolete, and in the future in no hurry to release updates or “patches.” Sometimes manufacturers and did “forget” to do the upgrade, focusing on the issue of new devices.

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A list of the most vulnerable smartphones is as follows:

  1.     Samsung Galaxy Mini
  2.     HTC Desire
  3. A Dozen of the Most Vulnerable Gadgets    Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
  4.     Sanyo Zio
  5.     HTC Wildfire
  6.     Samsung Epic 4G
  7.     LG Optimus S
  8.     Samsung Galaxy S
  9.     Motorola Droid X
  10.     LG Optimus One
  11.     Motorola Droid 2
  12.     HTC Evo 4G

Thirteenth place in the company Bit9 gave the iPhone 4 and all previous smartphones from Apple.

Researchers are advised to security specialists “crush” on producers, so they quickly released an update for gadgets and users regularly check for new firmware and upload them as soon as they appear.

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