be warned android and ios exploit revealed

It has sparked an uproar over security involving the famous social networking site Facebook, which in its users for mobile devices Android-OS and IOS have a security flaw that would allow a user to copy a text file out of the device giving any user input to our account, profile and content of the device.

The issue does not end there, as TheNextWeb has chosen to go a little more there and delivered to the mobile user know that Dropbox also suffer this vulnerability, which lie in the very utility which stores the info in plain text format, instead of encrypting the files so that 3rd party cannot enter it.

Facebook has responded with the following statement:

Facebook utilities for IOS and Android-OS have been designed exclusively for the use of the operating system that the manufacturer provides and the input tokens are only vulnerable if it has changed the mobile operating system (ie jailbreak for IOS or Root in Android).

Although Mark Zuckerberg and company clearly want to wash their hands with these statements, down to our hard disk responsibility to methods of release or hacking of mobile devices, the same site that gives the news has done extensive testing these utilities on devices without jailbreak, confirming that this is entirely false.

The usefulness of Facebook in IOS is quite vulnerable, as it is possible to enter the info using mac application called iExplore, which has been used by Security researcher Gareth Wright to make hack without the need for a device to be unlocked.

Therefore, all devices are vulnerable to this defect, due to the way Facebook manages the file. Apparently Facebook is already aware of the inconvenience and would already be working in an update to address this problem.

Drobpox hole would be very similar, as it exhibits the same fault with the file.plist Jailbreak without the need for the device, empowering any malicious application could exploit this flaw and take of personal info.

If you are a member of any of these applications, you should not panic, you just have to stay away from the charging stations and public computers until facebook and dropbox are  made updates to their system. It is worth noting that until the moment there is no evidence that anyone is using this method to gather information.