Coverity, a security firm based out of San Francisco, California, has taken it upon themselves to reveal the security holes that lie within the Android operating system. Using an HTC Incredible, they found .47 defects for every 1,000 lines of code. Usually its 1 for every 1,000 lines of code. All together Coverity, found a total of 359 defects in our beloved Android os.
They used automated analysis of the source code to identify the flaws. The HTC Incredible, which was only used for convenience, is not the only device with flaws. The company is saying that due to the similarity of the chipsets these flaws are somewhat identical throughout all devices. Even though they found these security flaws, they are still saying that this is one of the best open source projects.
Details of this finding are only being released to the Android Security Team, and OEMs and security researchers, in hopes they find fixes. Otherwise the rest of us will know in 60 days when the company releases their findings.
Source The Register, Phandroid
Does this change your mind about Android?
Can’t wait to hear Steve Job once he gets a hold of this lol
steve will just tout how apple’s security trumps the android by saying “this is why we have dolphins approving applications in our app store”
Find me a platform with zero security issues and I might consider moving.
I’d guess that every platform has its issues (both known and unknown!).
Nice to see you over here Chaz xD
Thankyou! I’ve got to start spreading my Disqus profile around.
Wait, so they found .47 per 1k lines of code for android, and the “usual” is 1.0 in every 1k lines of code. So, doesn’t that actually make android MORE secure than “usual’? Seems more like a headline hitpiece. People skim the headlines and all they see is android is riddle with security holes, yet if you read the actual source article, you see that Android is over 50% more secure than the industry standard. You know you’ve made it when crap like this starts pouring out to try and make you look bad.
Good thing I’m using Lookout Mobile Security…
Gee, I wonder how long before the “security” firm that did this study tries to sell their security app on the android market. Just like the last two did.
Why would you even put this article up! To give people a reason to start exploiting these holes! Clown!