Falla, bugs , system error: hackers are increasingly prepared and refined in the find the easiest and direct way to get into electronics and steal sensitive data that most interest.
This time the viewfinder there are smartphones that are equipped with the Android operating system, and we are talking about more than 950 million devices around the world, according to computer security experts of Mobile Security will Zimperium There are six new vulnerabilities in Android that allow you to violate a smartphone by sending a simple message with a multimedia attachment.
The malicious message is self-installing, and that does not need the user to open it . Contamination occurs when received, without any chance to prevent it.
The vast majority of devices in circulation is therefore at risk because of “Stagefright”, a particular component of Android that could be easily passed from a computer: the hacker just an MMS and the phone number to deliver a malware or take possession of some elements of the operating system.
The threat is huge scope to the point that there are those who already He speaks of heartbleed smartphones, referring to the flaw that last year put at risk millions of PCs around the world.
No comments:
Post a Comment