Update Android, which was to patch a hole in the security of the operating system contains a defect – reports the BBC. The message informed experts from the company Exodus Inteliigence, adding that the amendments introduced by Google can give people a “false sense of security.”
In July, a group of researchers from Zimperium Mobile Security announced the discovery of loopholes in the system produced by Google, functioning under the name “stagefright”. This is probably the biggest problem associated with smartphones ever discovered. a problem with the 950 million phones in the world, which is 95 per cent. Android device.
The attack is so simple that it requires the attacker only knowledge of the number of victims. After sending an MMS message, a hacker could take complete control of the phone, including access applications, photos and videos. It can also record conversations conducted.
Google recently prepared a system update, which was to “patch” the gap , but the company Exodus Inteliigence announced that she was able to bypass the amendment. She added that the update can give people a “false sense of security.”
This means that Android phones are still at risk. “Society thinks that the update protects your phone when in reality it is not” – the company said.
Exodus Inteliigence also stressed that Google has not coped with the problem, even though he knew about it since April.
Google told the BBC that the majority of Android users was protected thanks to technology ASLR (address space layout randomization). – Currently, more than 90 percent. Android devices ASLR is enabled functions, which prevents the problem – said the giant from Mountain View.
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