Open Ports Act As Security Wormholes Into Mobile Devices

Rasheed187 · Apr 29, 2017

Seems to be a serious problem:

http://eecs.umich.edu/eecs/about/articles/2017/open-port-vulnerabilities.html

lotuseclat79 · May 1, 2017

AN OBSCURE APP FLAW CREATES BACKDOORS IN MILLIONS OF SMARTPHONES

FOR HACKERS, SCANNING for an open “port”—a responsive, potentially vulnerable internet connection on a would-be victim’s machine—has long been one of the most basic ways to gain a foothold in a target company or agency. As it turns out, thanks to a few popular but rarely studied apps, plenty of smartphones have open ports, too. And those little-considered connections can just as easily give hackers access to tens of millions of Android devices.
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