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X-post: Better understanding and mitigating the risks of using a phone that no longer receives system updates (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 years ago by bulwark@infosec.pub to c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub

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Crosspost of an ongoing thread over at !android@lemdro.id

Some interesting discussions on the trade-off between security and being able to use your aging Android for a little while longer.

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[–] kadu@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nowadays people rarely attack individual random users. I believe the risk of running outdated software is super inflated and mediatic, 99% of people would be absolutely fine running a version of Android from 3 years ago or Windows 8.

[–] himazawa@infosec.pub 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I believe the risk of running outdated software is super inflated and mediatic, 99% of people would be absolutely fine running a version of Android from 3 years ago or Windows 8.

That's the same thing people running windows XP on internet were thinking in 2017.

Then WannaCry arrived and they got their data encrypted :)

[–] kadu@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

WannaCry targeted hospitals, businesses and similar machines.

Your grandma using Android 9 is safe, don't worry.

[–] himazawa@infosec.pub 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

WannaCry targeted hospitals, businesses and similar machines.

WannaCry targeted everything with SMB exposed, blindly.

Also, you should read more about security through obscurity, the fact that "no one will target you because you are a low-value target" is a false sense of security.