Android has brought a
variety of phones, with different hardware and software features to the market.
This has enabled more people to get the phone that they want. Bit9 says
that unfortunately this has led to “an estimated 56% of Android phones
in the marketplace today are running out-of-date and insecure versions of the
Android.”
It seems that when
phones are released they can be running versions of Android that can be up to
18 months out of date, and thus lacking all the latest security updates.
"All operating
systems have vulnerabilities," Harry Svedlove, Bit9's chief technology
officer, points out, but it's how quickly and effectively software gets fixed
that matters. Bit9's analysis of the most vulnerable smartphones is based on
criteria that includes looking at smartphones with the highest market share
that were running out-of-date and insecure software and had the slowest update
cycles.
The Bit9 "Dirty Dozen" not-so-smart smartphone list
includes:
1. Samsung Galaxy Mini
2. 2 HTC Desire
3. Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
