Experts have warned that more than a billion Android
smartphones have become vulnerable to hackers and
hackers, according to a report issued by a group
concerned with consumer affairs.
According to experts, many smartphones, currently in
use or relatively recently purchased, no longer have the
support of recent security updates, and therefore do not
receive bug fixes, gaps and other problems, which keeps
them vulnerable to penetration easily.
A report issued by “Which?”, A British non-profit
organization concerned with consumer rights, revealed
that about 40 percent of Android users are running old
versions of the operating system, and that their devices
no longer receive the required security updates from
Google.
Android is the most popular operating system in the
world, and as a result, the “Which?” One billion smart
phone users are at risk of their data being stolen and
other cyber attacks.
According to Google statistics for 2019, there are more
than 2.5 billion active devices in the world, running
Android operating system.
As for the old operating systems for smartphones, often
those that are more than two years old, they cannot
obtain security updates, as companies like Google
encourage users to obtain the latest version of the
operating system instead of looking for updates to an old
operating system, in order to ensure that their phones are
not exposed For security breaches and hacker attacks.
