'Legitimate' rooting apps paving way for malware

Companies that create tools for "rooting" Android phones may be within the law, but they may be inadvertently paving the way for malware developers.
According to a paper presented this week by University of California professor Zhiyun Qian, the developers of commercial root apps work hard to break the security of Android devices -- and then malware developers either piggyback on those exploits or figure out how they work and incorporate them into their own apps.
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