TechRepublic

Major vulnerability found in Android ES File Explorer app

Popular application ES File Explorer for Android has a significant vulnerability, putting your data at risk. Learn what’s involved and how to remediate the threat. Security Researcher Elliot Alderson ...
XDA Developers

[Update: Fix Rolling Out] ES File Explorer vulnerability allows an attacker on the same network to grab any file from your phone, but it'll be fixed

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...
BleepingComputer

ES File Explorer Flaws Put 100 Million Users' Data at Risk, Fix Promised

A hidden web server always running in the background was found by security researcher Robert Baptiste in ES File Explorer, an Android file manager with over 100,000,000 installs displayed on the ...
PC Magazine

Popular File Managing App for Android Can Also Leak Your Data

A popular file manager app for Android appears to have a serious design flaw that can let a nearby hacker on the same Wi-Fi network download files from your phone. The app, called ES File Explorer, ...