SHAREit Android Flaunts A Billion Downloads And Alarming Remote Execution Security Flaws by Paul Lilly — Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 10:31 AM EDT Comments ...

Security bugs left unpatched in Android app with one billion downloads The vulnerabilities impact SHAREit, an app used for sharing files between users and their devices.

Back when Google Play first paved the way for peer-to-peer app and game sharing, SHAREit was one of the first applications to utilize the feature.

SHAREit is a popular application that allows you to easily transfer photos, videos & files between iPhone, Android & a Windows PC or Mac, without the use of an Internet connection.

The security bugs impact the company's SHAREit Android app, an application that downloaded more than 1 billion times, according to Google Play Store statistics.

In brief: The convenience of sharing files between all of your devices may come with some unwanted security risks, especially if you're using one of the popular apps in the Google Play Store to do so.

All four vulnerabilities could result in serious data security issues if not patched. The affected versions of the file-sharing app are ShareIT for Android 3.0.18_ww and ShareIT for Windows 2.5.1.1 ...