Friday, October 2, 2015

New vulnerabilities are discovered all the photos out risks to Andriod devices

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Security researchers on October 2, two serious vulnerabilities revealed the Android mobile operating system, which has the potential to make photos for all Android devices out, camera control and other risks.

Researchers say, this vulnerability means that "almost every Android device" will be affected, regardless of their carries a 1.0 version or the latest 5.0 version of the Android system, more than 1 billion units while the number of Android devices currently on the market. Implants your skin

Hackers can use these vulnerabilities to trick users into accessing malicious MP3 or MP4 files website, once the user preview the infected multimedia files (usually in music or video mode occur), the Android device will rapidly be Hei.

Hackers can control hacked devices, access to their data, photos, camera and microphone access.

This is not a security researchers found for the first time this part of the Android code has a significant risk of being black. Earlier this year, found the vulnerability of mobile security Zimperium zLabs has released a series of 7 Stragefright vulnerability, these vulnerabilities could enable hackers only by an infected multimedia text message you hack up to 950 million Android devices.

The two newly discovered vulnerability brought about by new issues more broadly, because equipment is affected more. First new vulnerabilities were known as "CVE-2015-6602", the vulnerability affects from 2008 's first generation Android operating system released since the launch almost all Android devices. Second new vulnerabilities were known as "CVE-2015-3876", affected with 5.0 versions of Android and above systems equipment, and makes the problem easier to trigger.

According to Fortune magazine, the company responded to these vulnerabilities, the company has been developing the patch. The spokesman's remarks, Google is expected to begin on October 5 for Nexus devices make publicly available patches.

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