Already available the first updates of Android to address the increased vulnerability ever detected in this operating system.
This vulnerability called Stagefright, could allow access to private data of millions of terminals without the user can avoid .
Although has not been affected so far , the discovery sparked the alert Google (Android developer) and the users of this operating system.
“I think it is a major upgrade to software that has ever seen “, said Adrian Ludwig, chief engineer of Android in the Black Hat hacker conference, which is held these days in Las Vegas
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Although Google already had the patch prepared when the vulnerability, make it available to all devices are announced is not immediate.
Most Android updates are sent by Google to phone manufacturers , like Samsung, and then the operators phone before reaching customers.
This long chain implies that the vast majority of phones still have not been updated.
The first updates are available for some of the Nexus and Samsung Galaxy devices.
In the case of Google, updates are applied to all Nexus line. The first update was launched last August 5.
Other major manufacturers like HTC, Sony and Android One are sending patches to their customers.
To whether a device is vulnerable, researchers who discovered it have created an application (App Detector Stagefright).
The application indicates whether the device is vulnerable and whether it is necessary to update the phone operating system.
If the device is vulnerable, is recommended to disable the multimedia messaging service MMS until the system is not updated.
The problem led to major manufacturers -Samsung Android, LG and Google to announce that provide monthly security updates.
“Samsung Electronics will implement a new update that accelerates security patches when discovered vulnerabilities. These updates are carried out regularly once a month, “the company said.
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