Category: Android

  • Android vulnerability can compromise your phone, manufacturers partly to blame.

    Android vulnerability can compromise your phone, manufacturers partly to blame.

    Security company Zimperium discovered a serious issue that compromised Android’s security. The vulnerability was disclosed at the Blackhat conference in early August. This exploit has been called ‘Stagefright’. In short, an attacker sends you a video either through a website or MMS, and can compromise your phone. The vulnerability was found in the ‘libStageFright’ library,…