Smartphone management flaws puts users at risk, researchers say

VIENNA: Security researchers have revealed two separate threats this week they say could put up to 90% of the world's 2 billion plus smartphones at risk of password theft, stolen data and in some cases let hackers take full control of devices. 

One vulnerability involves flaws in the way scores of manufacturers of Apple, Google Android and BlackBerry devices, among others, have implemented an obscure industry standard that controls how everything from network connections to user identities are managed.