Do you know Android Phone
can be Hacked with Text Message ? This is likely the biggest Android
hack of all time. This hack affects more than 900 million smart phones
over the globe. Almost 95% of the smart phones are affected by this
android bug .This bug in the Android OS itself allows an attacker to
hack into an Android Smart Phone by just sending a picture or any other
multimedia via a text message .
This
bug is in the Android Operating system itself. The bug is simple, and
lies in the fact how Android starts to analyze the incoming text
message. As
the text arrives to your Android Smart-phone, even before a text
message is opened, the android automatically starts to process the
incoming media files – pictures, audio, video etc.
This clearly means if a malware infected file is sent in a text message, this android malware can start infecting the phone as soon as it is received.
This android bug is somewhat similar to recent Apple text Hack.
950 Million Android Smartphones Affected
On the same day the Bug was reported, Google acknowledges
the bug and has the following to say: “Android has ways of limiting the
hacker’s access to separate apps and phone functions. “
However the hackers have been successfully been able to overcome these limitations in the past.
This
bug in Android is the worst flaw yet reported as per the hacker’s
community. This flaw is can allow full control of the Android
Smart-phone and the hacker can perform complex actions such as wiping
the device, accessing apps and app data or even secretly turn the camera
on.
This android text bug affects any phone made in the last 5 years!!
The following Android versions are affected by the bug:
Froyo
Gingerbread
Honeycomb
Ice Cream Sandwich
Jelly Bean
KitKat
Lollipop iterations
The bug was reported by Zimperium, a cybersecurity company that specializes in mobile devices.
Zimperium says that it had warned Google about the flaw on April 9 and
even provided a fix. However it’s been more than a 100 days and a fix
isn’t available yet.
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