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Popular Apps on Google Play Store Remain Unpatched

November 21, 2019

Most people think if they keep their mobile apps updated to the latest version, they also are patching for critical vulnerabilities. Not so, said researchers from Check Point Software, which discovered that outdated code—including known vulnerabilities—are still present in hundreds of popular apps on the Google Play Store, including Facebook, Instagram, WeChat and Yahoo Browser.

In a month-long study, Check Point Research cross-examined the latest versions of these and other high-profile mobile apps for three known remote control execution (RCE) vulnerabilities dating from 2014, 2015 and 2016, Check Point security researcher Slava Makkaveev revealed in research posted online Thursday.

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