NFC vulnerability affects millions of Android phones

Google has an envious record of having more than 80-percent of the mobile OS market share, but it comes at a price. A new report has emerged that there is loophole in the Android Beam, an NFC (Near Field Communication) feature that can allow cybercriminals to install malware on a phone without the knowledge of the victim and this time. Android phones with Android 8.0 Oreo or later versions (9.0 Pie and Android 10) are vulnerable to the NFC glitch dubbed as CVE-2019-2114.