From last week a major fault in Android OS has been in hype. The bug is called Stagefright, which would allow a hacker to take control of a smartphone by sending an MMS. But the most serious is that this flaw concerns 95% of Android devices.
However, Google has already begun to take action against it. Security updates have already started to be sent to the devices in the Nexus range since Wednesday. And surely this issue will not be found on latest Android M.
Google and all the partners, that is to say manufacturers that use its operating system, have also already received enough to update their devices. Therefore, the most popular and those in mobile Android One should benefit from these updates as soon as this August.
Otherwise, Google also intends to make corrections in its application Messenger , who normally receives SMS and MMS.
Indeed, as I explained earlier, hackers can take control of a device after simply sending an MMS without the user having to do anything, since the content is automatically downloaded.
But following the discovery of the fault, and to limit the damage, Google will update Messenger so that the content of an MMS is no longer automatically downloaded on the device until the user has not clicked.
The most important is perhaps that Google announced that it will make security updates for Nexus devices every month (from one that corrects Stagefright fault).
And better yet, Samsung has also announced that it will offer monthly security updates for its smartphones.
However, Google has already begun to take action against it. Security updates have already started to be sent to the devices in the Nexus range since Wednesday. And surely this issue will not be found on latest Android M.
Google and all the partners, that is to say manufacturers that use its operating system, have also already received enough to update their devices. Therefore, the most popular and those in mobile Android One should benefit from these updates as soon as this August.
Otherwise, Google also intends to make corrections in its application Messenger , who normally receives SMS and MMS.
Indeed, as I explained earlier, hackers can take control of a device after simply sending an MMS without the user having to do anything, since the content is automatically downloaded.
But following the discovery of the fault, and to limit the damage, Google will update Messenger so that the content of an MMS is no longer automatically downloaded on the device until the user has not clicked.
Monthly security updates
The most important is perhaps that Google announced that it will make security updates for Nexus devices every month (from one that corrects Stagefright fault).
And better yet, Samsung has also announced that it will offer monthly security updates for its smartphones.
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