Many of 2018's most dangerous Android and iOS security flaws still threaten your mobile security
September: A vulnerability which is known as Blueborne which impacts the majority of devices which utilize the Bluetooth protocol -- including all manner of smartphones and laptops -- was uncovered in 2017.
In the most extreme cases, the Bluetooth bugs can be used to hijack and gain control of a vulnerable device running the Android, Windows, Linux, and iOS before version 10 systems.
However, a year later, two billion devices are estimated as still vulnerable to exploit through a lack of patches. The researchers say that devices remain unpatched because "users haven't updated them, or because they won't receive updates at all." In the latter case, this is often due to the use of aging, legacy machines which will not be fixed.
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