More than one million Android smartphones are vulnerable to a new security flaw called Stagefright 2.0, warn security experts.
According to information from The Site Guardian, visiting a website or previewing a song file or video infected, could allow an attacker access to the victim’s mobile and execute remote code, and seizing it. to install other programs or just steal your personal information.
Note that this is the evolution of the Stagefright failure (released in 2008) and now affects Android 5.0 or higher and is more discreet. In addition, the previous version required a phone number to send malware via a text message, but in this version no user information is needed; because it allows access to a wider audience.
The vulnerability affects even smartphones that had the original patch Stagefright such as Google Nexus and Galaxy devices S6 Samsung.
Mark James, Eset specialist firm, reported that Google describes the situation as “critical” because of the possibility of remote code execution as the MediaServer service, have access to audio and video phone.
The company also alluded Symantec users to not hear or see previews of music or movies through the mobile browser as it would form most common infection. Experts recommend doing the above actions until the new patch is developed.
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