Although Qualcomm released in March this year a patch that eliminates the vulnerability, but the problem has not been completely resolved. The idea is that users with smartphones produced earlier. And these are further this vulnerability and can still be successfully attacked by hackers.
The vulnerability has been marked CVE-2016-2060 and as reported by specialists, located in the module Android operating system bearing the name “NETD”. Prepared by a hacker malware can take control of a smartphone, sending him properly crafted command.
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Computer with FireEye warning that the world can now function even several million vulnerable smartphones has such attacks. I can read published by Qualcomm security bulletin, the vulnerability is in smartphones running different versions of Android, including Jelly Bean, KitKat and Lollipop.
Smartphones running on Android KitKat (and later versions ) are not exposed to danger, because the support mechanism SEAndroid (Security Enhancements for Android), which effectively prevents such attacks.
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