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Less than two months ago, Duo Security released a DARPA-funded Android app called X-Ray, which looks for known privilege escalation vulnerabilities that could potentially give malicious apps access to root privileges on your device. Since launch, the company has already collected results from over 20,000 Android devices worldwide, and initial results show that over half of Android devices worldwide have unpatched vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a malicious app or hacker. Read the full story at The Next Web.

About Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.

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