Google Updates Android Oreo with New Security Features

Android has had its security bug since the inception of the platform. Just in the last couple of months, nosotros have seen various malware attacking the Android ecosystem. There was the extremely unsafe "BankBot" malware which targeted banking transactions of unsuspecting victims, and then there was i which turned your Android device into a cryptocurrency mining machine.

Although there are steps which users can accept to protect their device against malware, it would take been better if Android system was so secure that users didn't take to worry about malware attacks.

It seems that Google is realizing this fact, as the company has been releasing security updates for its Android platform quite vigorously. In a web log post published on their Android developers blog, Google had this to say,

"Over the past few months, we've covered how nosotros've improved the security of the Android platform and its applications: from making information technology safer to get apps, dropping insecure network protocols, providing more user control over identifiers, hardening the kernel, making Android easier to update, all the way to doubling the Android Security Rewards payouts."

Apart from the above-mentioned security updates, the launch of Android Oreo has helped Google to double-down on the security aspects of the Android platform. Here are the main security features forth with the new security features introduced by Google with Android Oreo:

• Google Introduced a new version of its Verified Boot with the support for Android Oreo and Projection Treble. Dubbed as the Android Verified Kick 2.0 (AVB), it has a couple of cool features to make updates easier and more than secure, such as a mutual footer format and rollback protection.
• According to Google, Oreo likewise includes the new OEM Lock Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) that gives device manufacturers more than flexibility for how they protect whether a device is locked, unlocked, or unlockable.
• Google is as well focused on the importance of hardware-based security systems. Information technology said that its Pixel 2 devices come up with a security module which makes the phone resistant to concrete penetration attacks.
• Any new device which is aircraft with Android Oreo is required to implement "Key Attestation" which provides a mechanism for strongly attesting IDs such as hardware identifiers.

All these features along with speedy Android updates and security updates delivery fabricated possible past Project Treble will make Android a far secure platform than it was ever before. I do believe that Google is working hard to fight the age-old security problems of Android, that said, will it win the fight or non is a question which can just be answered in the future.

Source: https://beebom.com/google-updates-android-oreo-security-features/

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