Warning: Failure 900 million Android phones – DescargarMobi

             

                 
                 

The operating system Android is the most widely used worldwide, but despite its positive results, researchers in the field of telecommunications have found a serious flaw that affects about 900 million smartphones that use this operating system. This way you’ll know if your phone can be affected

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While in recent days launched on this operating system beta WhatsApp with new features, it appears that there are vulnerable computers to a type of failure that would make them prone to malware or malicious virus.

failure Android

Although the figure is alarming, we must remember that Android is the most widely used worldwide, so its use rate is much higher than the percentage that presents the fault. Supposedly the system was linked to devices containing Qualcomm chips.

These faults were discovered by researchers from a firm cybersecurity called Checkpoint, found serious security flaws in the software used by hundreds of millions of Android devices, which open doors to hackers

This failure is evidenced only on phones with a brand chip specifies

These failures were seen in a chipset manufactured by US company Qualcomm, which currently are used in at least 900 million Android phones worldwide.

While there is no conclusive evidence that this technical flaw is being exploited at present by cybercriminals, said Michael Shaulov, spokesman for the company that conducted the research, which is a race to see who first find the fault, if good or bad. This would give a scope of three or four months to resolve the situation

What phones present failure

Among the smartphones presented failure when using these chips are.

• BlackBerry Priv and Dtek50
• blackphone 1 and blackphone 2
• Google Nexus 5X, Nexus 6 d Nexus 6P
• HTC One , HTC M9 and HTC 10
• LG G4, LG G5, and LG V10
• New Moto X Motorola
• OnePlus One, OnePlus 2 and OnePlus 3
• the US versions of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung S7 Edge
• Sony Xperia Z Ultra

According to the same spokesman Checkpoint, to the discovery work reverse engineer the code Qualcomm was performed to reveal the flaws in programs that handle graphics or code that manages communications between different processes within the team.

Google Chrome took also dates to launch its new version 53 offers many new features in Android operating systems, highlighting the increased security.

Consequences of failure

If this fails manages to be detected and used by a hacker to their advantage, you could gradually take control of all equipment in the distance, managing data stored on it, with the ability to change or delete files and delete them from the system. Similarly you can delete or add applications or to access the camera, microphone and screen that would jeopardize the privacy of the owner.

The company said he gave that information to the manufacturers of Qualcomm chips, that to try to resolve the damage began using improved their factories versions, while created patches distributed to manufacturers and operators of telephones, without specifying which companies have this update to customers with teams above the installed.

Find out if your computer has the fault

So do not be worried if your team is one of the above, the security company created a free application called QuadRooter Scanner in you can access if you want to be informed if your mobile device is vulnerable to such failure.

the function of this application is to identify whether patches have been downloaded and installed on the device. Similarly the company Checkpoint recommended to contact the operator or manufacturer that sold the equipment should be positive for the failure to send you patches designed by the manufacturer.

Similarly made the recommendation only access applications from the official store Google Play Store to avoid facing the virus.

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