以三星爲首的安卓手機將每月進行安全升級

Samsung, LG and Google have pledged to provide monthly security updates for smartphones running the Android operating system.

三星、LG和谷歌已經承諾每月都對使用安卓操作系統的智能手機進行安全升級。

In July, a major bug was discovered in the software that could let hijackers access data on up to a billion phones. Manufacturers have been slow to roll out a fix because many variations of Android are widely used.

七月份，安卓軟件出現故障，黑客可利用該故障獲取數十億手機上的數據。由於各種版本的安卓系統得到廣泛的應用，製造商未能及時推出解決方案。

One Android expert said it was "about time" phone makers issued security fixes more quickly. Android has been working to patch a vulnerability, known as Stagefright, which could let hackers access a phone's data simply by sending somebody a video message.

一名安卓系統專家表示，生產商發佈修補程序只是時間問題。安卓系統一直在修補名爲Stagefright的漏洞，黑客可憑藉該漏洞向用戶發送視頻信息即可竊取手機數據。

"My guess is that this is the single largest software update the world has ever seen," said Adrian Ludwig, Android's lead engineer for security, at hacking conference Black Hat.

安卓首席安全工程師在黑帽安全技術大會上表示：“我認爲這是世界上需要更新的最大的軟件。”

LG, Samsung and Google have all said a number of their handsets will get the fix, with further updates every month.

LG、三星以及谷歌也表示他們的很多手機每個月都會更新以修補漏洞。

Android is an open source operating system, with the software freely available for phone manufacturers to modify and use on their handsets.

安卓是一種開源式的操作系統，手機廠商可以免費將軟件安裝在生產的手機上。

The Google-led project does provide security fixes for the software, but phone manufacturers are responsible for sending the updates to their devices. Some phones running old versions of Android are no longer updated by the manufacturer. Many companies also deploy customised versions of Android which take time to get the updates.

谷歌公司領導的該項目確實爲軟件提供修補程序，但是需要手機廠商將更新程序發送至其生產的設備。一些手機運營較老版本的安卓系統，手機廠商已不再爲此類手機提供修補程序。很多公司配置的是定做的安卓系統，融合更新程序，仍須一段時間。

Apple and BlackBerry can patch security problems more quickly because they develop both the software and the hardware for their devices. BlackBerry's software is reviewed by mobile networks before being sent to handsets, while Apple can push updates to its phones whenever it wants.

蘋果公司以及黑莓公司能夠更快的修復安全問題，因爲這兩家公司不僅生產設備的軟件，還生產設備的硬件。黑莓公司將軟件發送至手機時，會經過手機網絡的審查，而蘋果公司可以隨時對手機進行更新。

"The very nature of Android is that manufacturers add their own software on top, so there have been delays in software roll-outs," said Jack Parsons, editor of Android Magazine.

安卓雜誌編輯 Jack Parsons表示：“安卓系統的一個特點是，生產商最後才安裝軟件，因此軟件交付會有推遲。”

"In the US it's even worse because mobile carriers often add their own software too. There's no real villain here, that's just how the system works. But there will always be security concerns with software, so it's right that some of the manufacturers are stepping up to deal with this now."

在美國，情況更糟糕，因爲手機用戶經常添加自己的軟件。其實沒有真正的壞人，關鍵是系統運作的方式。但軟件的安全問題會一直存在。因此，廠商逐步解決這個問題,是正確的選擇。