Friday, August 7, 2015

Your Android phone is vulnerable ?: an app it checks – TN.com.ar

Do you remember the flaw in Android that left at risk to 95% of its users? If the answer is no, here are the note. Fortunately, now we know how vulnerable we are.

Zimperium, the security firm found this failure baptized Stagefright presented an application that lets you scan cell and know their risk status . The app is called Stagefright Detector and what it does is simple: tells whether the phone is not vulnerable

If our team is vulnerable, it is best not to open any multimedia messages. especially for people who do not know, even in programs like Hangouts. It is best to set those messages do not get automatically, which could infect the phone. Here is an explanation, in English, but that is fairly well understood. The key is to make the “Disable auto fetching of MMS”.

Also, Google announced a patch to fix this review fails . It is now coordinating with the various mobile phone manufacturers for the provide as soon as possible to the end user, which all you have to do is upgrade the operating system when you get that option in the phone.

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