Last week, security researchers from Zimperium have reported on a vulnerability in Android’s Stagefright media playback library, one that is thought to affect about 950 million active Android devices. In a nutshell, potential hackers can take control of the affected smartphones by sending a malicious SMS. For more details on…
Sprint rolling out Stagefright fix for the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy S6 series, Nexus 5 and Nexus 6
Early last week we told you that a team of mobile security researchers has uncovered a critical vulnerability in the source code of about 95% of all active Android smartphones. Called Stagefright, the vulnerability allows potential hackers to take control of your smartphone by sending out a malicious MMS that…