Android: Stagefright the flaw threatens 950 million devices – Gridam

Stagefright, present a security vulnerability in the source code of Android threaten 950 million devices.

A company IT security research claims to have found a vulnerability in Android that could endanger almost all under the famous operating system running devices.

The flaw present in the framework of integrated multimedia library Android since version 2.2, is called Stagefright. Using a simple MMS sent to the victim, hackers could have complete control of the device to steal sensitive data such as credit card numbers or personal information.

So far, the fault has not been exploited Zimperium reassures the firm, but in a blog post on its own website, the company said that 95% of Android devices in the world are vulnerable, representing a Therefore the number of phones. Knowing that in 2014, over a billion Android devices have been sold worldwide and that number is expected to increase in 2015 and beyond, Zimperium Stagefright called the “mother of all Android vulnerabilities. “

Aware of the fault, Google reacted quickly and implemented the patch provided by experts Zimperium in the code of the Android Open Source Project. Unfortunately, given the large number of devices involved, the update process may take considerable time. Worse, appliances older than 18 months may never receive this hotfix. Joshua Drake, the researcher who discovered the flaw Stagefright, indicates that the flaw also affects users Blackphone and even a version of Firefox prior to 38.