Government Issues Warning About Security on Android Phones

Google’s Android operating system is the most widely used mobile software system in the world, which makes it a big target for makers of malicious software, the way Microsoft Windows system is. Now the American government has issued a warning about the potential security threat of Android. The Department of Homeland Security warned police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services and security personnel about the security issues in Android. It said earlier versions of Android, released in 2011, had several security vulnerabilities that were fixed in later versions of the software.