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Hairyfeet writes:

Proving that the more complex the OS the easier it is to hack and how root really isn't required to attack a device a malicious app bypassed Ubuntu Phone security checks [theregister.co.uk] to give the attacker full control over the phone. Luckily only 15 people are known to have downloaded the app but one has to wonder if Ubuntu Phone is already being targeted so sucessfully in its infancy what does that bode when its a more juicy target?

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