Android vulnerabilities (Part-1)

The android operating system

Android is an open source Linux based operating system for mobile devices (specifically smartphones, tablets and computers). It was developed by open handset alliance lead by Google and some other companies. Android operating system is linux based and it can be programmed in C/C++ whereas most of the application development is done in java. Java access to C libraries via JNI (Java Native Interface).

The iPhone operating system

Apple Inc. developed iOS. It was originally released in 2007 for iPhone, iPod Touch and Apple TV. Apple's Mobile version of the OS X operating system used in Apple computers is iOS. BSD( Berkeley Software Distribution) is Unix based and can be programmed in Objective C and Swift languages.

Free cyber security tools that can be utilized by startups

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