Linux flaw affects about 1.4 billion Android devices
The newly discovered Linux flaw allows hackers to carry out attacks on Android users using a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Downgrade Attack. In layman’s terms – a hacker could spy on you and your data. In more technical terms, a cybercrook can potentially degrade, or negotiate a lower version of TLS, between the client and server.
