Thursday 30 July 2015

New Android Phones Leak Is Virtually Useless



Researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Android devices allow an attacker can make it as good as useless. The vulnerability, which can be attacked through both websites as a rogue app, ensures that the user can not hear or see that there is a call or a text message is sent. Also, calls can not be accepted.

In case the attack is carried out via a malicious app can crash the operating system. When the app first set to start automatically upon loading the operating system, would thus arise a continuous loop of crashes. Each time the machine crashes because the user's phone and restart the app is loaded again and release Android then crash. Further, the telephone such as that it is no longer locked, to be unlocked.

The problem is in Android 4.3 to Android 5.1.1, which together more than half of all Android devices. According to researchers at Trend Micro appears to be the vulnerability this week announced Stage Fright leak . Both vulnerabilities arise due to the way Android handles media files, although the way these files reach different user. Google was on May 15 informed about the problem, but still has not rolled out updates.

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